Refusing to provide information on teacher misconduct, or charging prohibitive fees for such records, is antithetical to school districts’ legal duty — and moral obligation — of transparency.

The Department of Veterans Affairs spends billions on dubious and even fraudulent disabilities benefits. Meanwhile, some deserving cases wait.

In Minnesota, most government data is available upon request, free of charge. But that right, enshrined in the Minnesota Data Practices Act, is being put to the test in one local school district, ...

JCPS agreed to change several policies to keep a federal magnet school grant. The district still lost the funds.

Warden later addressed recent numerous demands for open records, particularly those concerning the commission’s decision to ...

Fayette County Public Schools says it can’t defend the accuracy of an internal study of its budgets and spending, done in July.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Albuquerque said it is making progress clearing its backlog of public records requests. According to City Clerk Ethan Watson, requests have fallen below 1,000 ...

Carey Goldberg, a contributing writer for Globe Ideas, is a former Boston bureau chief for The New York Times and Bloomberg News and a former reporter for the Globe and WBUR. She is coauthor, with ...

Kentucky’s Open Records Act mandates public agencies share existing records on request. Agencies must respond within five business days, with limited legal exemptions allowed. Citizens can appeal ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas football is set to open Big 12 Conference play versus West Virginia on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 5 p.m. on FS1, the league announced Monday. The matchup between Kansas and West ...

(NEXSTAR) – Days after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump is asking Congress to approve new funding to help keep federal officials safe. The Trump ...

(The Center Square) - The California Department of Justice declined The Center Square’s public records requests into the agency's spending on lawsuits against the Trump administration, citing attorney ...