The ongoing controversy surrounding Grand Blanc Township Fire Chief Jamie Jent including his administrative leave and ...

Allowing clawbacks of records released during public records litigation would disincentivize pre-litigation compliance with ...

Assoc. Sociology Prof. Ian Mullins acknowledged that FOIA can be a powerful tool for researchers and journalists, but claimed ...

After submitting a six-section Freedom of Information Act Request to the University Sept. 18, State Sen. Creigh Deeds, ...

Does a Freedom of Information request cost $100,000? An independent journalist is questioning Grand Blanc Township's FOIA fee and officials' transparency.

The Trump administration has reversed a Biden-era rule that expedited FOIA requests for information on polluters in low-income Black and Brown communities, making it harder for activists to fight for ...

The Trump administration has reversed a Biden-era rule that allowed the EPA to expedite FOIA requests related to pollution in low-income Black and Brown communities, making it harder for activists to ...

OpenAI Inc. is asking a court to reconsider its order forcing the company to produce 20 million ChatGPT user conversations in a landmark copyright lawsuit it’s fighting against newspapers including ...

Full, unpaywalled access to public records reporting is not only good for democracy, it can increase reader trust and bolster sustainability ...

Documents to show the number of missing youth in care from the Department of Children and Family Services still “have not ...

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 ...

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 ...