Agencies often cite the privilege when denying records requests, but RCFP's Gunita Singh offers journalists tips to avoid rejection. This is Part 2 of a two-part series on FOIA’s deliberative process ...

Last month's column dealt with the philosophy behind open meetings laws and why public officials should conduct the public's business in public, not in private. Open meetings laws like the federal ...

Notwithstanding the Freedom of Information Act’s primary goal of promoting transparency in government decision-making, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled by a 7-to-2 vote that the public policy of ...

That’s pretty much what a district court judge told the Reno Gazette-Journal when he turned down the newspaper’s public records request for Gov. Jim Gibbons’ e-mails. Judge James Russell said only six ...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s office has used a controversial public records exemption to deny over 60 requests from local journalists, residents, and state representatives since 2019, which experts say ...