A bill backed by Speaker Roger Hanshaw and House leadership would exempt them from public records after they write their own ...

As BGA Policy has consistently highlighted, Illinois’ judicial branch is not subject to FOIA, leaving entities like juvenile ...

President Trump declassifies FBI materials from the 2016 Russia investigation, including Crossfire Hurricane documents ...

On March 15, the Trump administration began working to dismantle USAGM, which oversees editorially independent news outlets like Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, the ...

This month, my colleague Max Cherney e-mailed one of his government contacts to ask about the status of his overdue request for records under the Freedom of Information Act.

The watchdog American Oversight filed the lawsuit, which asked a judge to rule that messages and communications sent via ...

WILL COUNTY, Ill. ( WGN) — Will County board member Jackie Traynere recently received a citation for a car accident involving ...

The encrypted chat app beloved by Elon Musk and foreign dissidents has been embraced by federal government workers, DOGE and ...

Stamford school board members expressed concern about a proposed high school schedule after learning two principals said they ...

President Ronald Reagan, in 1988, proclaimed “National Freedom of Information Day” to be March 16, declaring: “On the anniversary of President Madison’s birth, let us celebrate our history and ...

For reporters and good government advocates, the push for greater transparency in Michigan has been constant and often ...

A student housing developer has settled with plaintiffs in an ongoing lawsuit filed by two city of Clemson residents against ...