TOLEDO, Ohio — The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) allows anyone to obtain records of federal agencies, even if they are not U.S. citizens. The requests to access these documents are commonly known ...

Sunshine Week begins March 15, 2026. The nationwide, nonpartisan initiative promotes the importance of open government and the public’s right to access public records. Child welfare agencies often ...

Last year, Nate Sanford filed a “silly story” for Spokane’s alt-weekly Inlander about a state senator getting into a Twitter argument with an AI porn spambot. The bot was eventually suspended after ...

Records from local, state and federal government are available to the public if one knows how to ask for them. While journalists like the team at The Charlotte Observer regularly use public records ...

Last week, federal Judge Christopher Cooper found the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was likely subject to comply ...