Lawmakers in the state Legislature have introduced about a dozen proposals that would make it harder to confront your local ...

Without meaningful change, without appropriate oversight, many municipal courts will continue to punish poverty.

Beginning May 1, court documents for the Supreme Court of Illinois and the state's five appellate courts will be free and ...

In Shoshoni, Mayor Joel Highsmith invited the journalist to sit down at the city clerk’s desk and use her computer to scan ...

Massachusetts is the only state in the country in which the Legislature, governor’s office, and judiciary all claim to be ...

The Illinois Supreme Court has announced that people will soon be able to view court records online for free. This change ...

A New Mexico court is weighing whether to block the disclosure of an array of records from an investigation into the deaths ...

Lawmakers exempted themselves from part of the open-meetings law after two of their colleagues sued them for allegedly violating that law. The changes were defended as necessary to allow lawmakers to ...

Ed Stafman said the bill “would restore transparency and open government in the executive branch to what it has consistently been for at least 50 years.” ...

This Q&A is part of our Sunshine Week coverage — shining light on the importance of public records and open government — March 16-22. When Chris Wages talks about the free press, government ...

The former UCLA and Minnesota Vikings punter was fired from his coaching job at Edison High School days after he was arrested for protesting a ‘MAGA’ plaque at the Huntington Beach City Council ...