Journalists file public record requests to access information on government agencies — from public schools to police units. However, you don’t need to be a reporter. Anyone can access public records.

One year ago, KOAA filed a 64 word public records request with the Air Force Academy (USAFA), seeking email records between ...

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Anyone can request general records the agency has that are not otherwise protected under one of FOIA’s exclusions. FOIA requests tend to be free for reporters if the information will be edited and ...

Avelo’s CEO told the state’s attorney general that he can see a copy of the budget airline’s deportation contract — if he submits a Freedom of Information Act request to the relevant federal agency.

EXCLUSIVE — The Justice Department and FBI are facing a lawsuit from a Catholic lobbying group for allegedly failing to comply with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request about a memo that ...

“The Chamber noted that the White House itself has deemed the march-in proposal a matter of urgent importance and that ‘it would be inconsistent for the executive branch to conclude now that the ...

If you want to know how much money the city of Chicago spends on holiday parade security in a given year, you can file an open records request with the city for the details. If you want to know how a ...

A student at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan, recently filed a Freedom of Information Act request. He ...

Delaware’s Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday from a group demanding access to President Biden’s Senate papers now being held at the University of Delaware. The conservative foundation Judicial ...