LANSING — While Michigan's Democratic lawmakers rush to move their policy priorities to the finish line during the final days of the legislative session, one big bipartisan proposal that has stalled ...

Over the past decade I've submitted hundreds of records requests to federal agencies through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). I've written extensively about the law, taught college students how ...

In a protected disclosure to Congress, an agency employee claims that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services since 2024 ...

House speaker kills FOIA expansion, keeping governor and lawmakers shielded from transparency and accountability.

Just a few months after the last remaining law enforcement agencies were required to equip officers with body cameras, several legislative efforts in 2025 tried to limit access to body […] ...

It's well-known that the government heavily censors documents before declassifying them—something humorously captured by The Onion in 2005 with the headline, "CIA Realizes It's Been Using Black ...

The Trump administration is violating the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by refusing to release records related to ...

Oh, is that not pre-printed on your calendar? Pity. Perhaps you’re thinking Sunshine Week was last week, when we moved the clocks an hour forward. We’re getting an hour more of sunshine, and that’s a ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A bill narrowly approved in the House of Delegates would allow the Legislature to write its own rules for disclosing public records. HB 3412 authorizes the legislature to develop ...

SEVERAL NEW LAWS WILL BE GOING INTO EFFECT STARTING NEXT MONTH AS WE REACH 90 DAYS SINCE THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN ARKANSAS CLOSED. TONIGHT, ONE CITY IS PREPARING SOME OF ITS LEADERS FOR THE ...