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It’s a 50-year-old state law that requires public agencies to make their records available to Kentucky residents on request.

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has walked back its controversial decision to restrict access to presidential and vice ...

Fayette County Public Schools had required open records requests to ‘align’ with its ‘priorities,’ not impose a burden on ...

The Senate’s top budget writer said he has some concerns about a plan from Gov. Maura Healey to make driving records public ...

At the Montana Transparency Project, we often write about the legal side of public information: new court cases, changes in statute, or debates about accessing public records. But today, we’re taking ...

The Virgin Islands Sunshine Act promises open access to government records, but in practice it’s not always clear what information is public and what isn’t. This editorial examines the gap between the ...

Luzerne County won’t appeal a court ruling requiring public access to video surveillance footage from the November 2022 general election, county Manager Romilda Crocamo said Thursday.

Jon Amirault said the Somerville Municipal Broadband Board provided him the records he wanted, but he still has concerns ...

If you wonder how open government laws affect you, think about the basics. The local taxes we pay. The roads we drive on.

The Navy had refused to hand over to ProPublica transcripts of a court martial proceeding relating to the 2020 fire that ...