If you wonder how open government laws affect you, think about these basics: The local taxes we pay. The roads we drive on. Even, sometimes, matters of life and death. Access to information through ...

A state law meant to protect crime victims is routinely used by police departments here and across Ohio to withhold from the public details of deadly officer-involved shootings. State lawmakers ...

Public Access Counselor Jennifer Ruby has resolved 34 complaints for 2025 so far, including the two nonbinding advisory ...

A security gap let hundreds of Cleveland employees — from animal control workers to top officials — access confidential ...

After a notice posted earlier this week on the National Archives at College Park website said public access to the archives would be revoked, confusion ensued as many online speculated that the change ...

Representative Samuel Azzinaro wants to boost the public records search fee from $15 to $25 per hour. Advocates of an Access to Public Records Act overhaul say the bill “goes in precisely the wrong ...

New Hampshire cities and towns are required by state law to give the public access to public records. Many do so upon request. Many others fight the request all the way to court or take ages to ...

Government transparency advocates are concerned that a pair of Missouri laws could severely limit the public’s ability to access records from law enforcement agencies and public colleges. One gives ...

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) and Lewis & Clark Law School are partnering to create the groundbreaking Public Records and Government Transparency Project. The Project, one of the first of its kind ...