More than a year after Austinites voted overwhelmingly to make secret police personnel files public, the Austin Police Department has begun to release those documents. Requesting so-called G-file ...

Texas’ open records law gives almost anyone access to government records. Its purpose centers on ensuring transparency and accountability at public agencies — but knowing how to use the law ...

Records from local, state and federal government are available to the public if one knows how to ask for them. While journalists like the team at The Charlotte Observer regularly use public records ...

Despite this, I encourage everybody to file open records requests because you don’t have to be a journalist to do it. But just be prepared to be stonewalled, charged money or potentially having to ...

Georgians have the right to obtain public records directly from private organizations with government contracts, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled this week, overturning lower court rulings that allowed ...

HAZARD, Ky. (LEX 18) — In July, Dallas Campbell went to the Hazard Police Department to make an open records request. A process he assumed would take a few minutes ended with him in handcuffs.

The Kentucky Open Records Act generally requires public agencies to make their records available upon request. Sara Simon Spotlight PA Fayette County schools violated open records law with ...

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was ordered to pay nearly $22,000 in legal fees to a conservative watchdog last week after a Georgia court found that she “flatly ignored” an open records ...

The records request concerned the July decision not to release the files. The Department of Justice is facing new scrutiny over the decision to withhold the Jeffrey Epstein files earlier this year. A ...

Editor’s note: This Herald-Leader investigation is part of our celebration of Sunshine Week, bringing national attention to the critical role of public records and open government in a functioning ...

The Oklahoma Supreme Court issued decisions in two Open Records Act cases Nov. 25, 2025, setting precedent about jail trusts ...