Public access to government information is sometimes blocked for a variety of reasons. Legislators are considering adding to that list of reasons.

While these bills passed quickly in the Senate, House Speaker Matt Hall publicly stated the bills will not reach the House ...

In an era when fact and fiction intermingle like a Quentin Tarantino film, Connecticut lawmakers are proposing to make it even harder for residents to decipher reality. One of their proposals is ...

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has filed a friend-of-the-court brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision that could allow many records detailing the ...

Boasting wide, bipartisan support from Michiganders, transparency in government runs on the behind-the-scenes, often ...

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 ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Open-records disclosures can no longer include information on cybersecurity plans and vulnerabilities in Michigan. Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation Monday that allows for the ...

At a meeting of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act Advisory Council last month, the panel’s chairman held a brainstorming session on pressing FOIA issues. Two dramatically different viewpoints ...