The Kentucky Office of Education Accountability is requiring McCreary County school board members to get two hours of ...

From the call - "We are not obligated to request them. There is nothing in the Open Records Act that that requests a town to go to a third party to get records," said Settlemyre.

ASHEVILLE - The city of Asheville launched a new public records request portal July 1. The new JustFOIA system is available ...

A lawyer representing a public-records plaintiff on a pro bono basis can work for months or even years to ensure the client ...

The cost of legal fees for outside attorneys has sparked debate inside the Columbus City Government. WRBL’s Chuck Williams ...

Government accountability matters no less when the government uses private contractors for its work, said prevailing appellant counsel Meredith C. Kincaid of Cross Kincaid in Decatur.

Under a new law, all government officials in Iowa elected or appointed after July 1 — with a few exceptions — must undergo ...

A former investigative reporter explains how improving the state's open-records law could boost public confidence in local government — and what’s at stake if the current bill fails.

Another test of the Open Records Act may come in October when a final evidentiary hearing is scheduled in Fulton County Superior Court in the case of Atlanta Community Press Collective v.

State lawmakers may revisit open records law next spring as one expert criticizes 2024 legislation for making transparency problems worse.

Colorado’s open records law, like the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and similar statutes across the United States, is predicated on a simple but powerful idea: Government records are ...

We granted certiorari in this case to decide two issues: first, whether the Open Records Act, OCGA § 50-18-70 et seq., applies to records held by an individual who is employed by a public agency ...