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The copyright lawsuit between GateHouse Media and The New York Times Co. over linking articles on the Internet was settled…

Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter filed papers in federal court in Detroit this week asking the judge not to…

In a significant public records victory for two state newspapers, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Thursday that autopsy records should be…

President Obama won widespread praise in his first week  office among open-government advocates for issuing a memo reaffirming a commitment to FOIA.

A former National Security Agency analyst told MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann Wednesday night that the Bush Administration targeted and eavesdropped on…

Advocates of allowing cameras in Minnesota courtrooms won a notable battle this week, when a three-judge panel presiding over the disputed U.S. Senate…

Prosecutors dropped misdemeanor charges against a Pennsylvania State University newspaper photographer on Wednesday, just as a First Amendment-battle was taking shape, but…

President Barack Obama, on his first full day in office, sent a strong message of his intention to run a transparent…

Even as President Barack Obama’s new administration takes charge of the White House this week, several disputes over the Bush Administration's records…

A nearly $124,000 fine slapped on Washington's King County is not penalty enough for "grossly negligent noncompliance" with a 1997 Public Records Act request, the…