Under Illinois’ Freedom of Information Act, there is a presumption that government records are open to the public. Body cam footage is an anomaly. Its availability is dictated by the […] ...

Bloomberg reporter Jason Leopold sued the FBI and DOJ for the files as part of a Freedom of Information Act request.

Jacksonville officials said they would likely be hiring someone to handle Freedom of Information Act requests in the city, ...

A local investigative reporter and podcaster wanted to dig deeper into the recent controversy involving the Grand Blanc ...

Franklin County residents now have a streamlined way to file requests under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) ...

The University of Connecticut and other colleges in the state recently received records requests from a webring called Metric Media. The requests ask for copies of every current course syllabus, plus ...

The Department of Energy will stop processing requests for information if the public doesn’t respond by Sept. 15. The Department of Energy says it’s being inundated with requests under the Freedom of ...

FORT SMITH -- Fort Smith will seek to resolve a civil case, in which it is accused of violating the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, out of court for just shy of $1,775. The Board of Directors ...

Reporters in many countries with freedom of information access (FOI) laws sometimes receive massive fee quotes from government agencies to retrieve, duplicate, redact, or export extensive public ...

The assumption of Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act is that the people who run government won’t make mistakes: that they’ll respond to records requests by the required deadlines, that they’ll ...