A South Fulton homeowner is taking the city back to court, claiming leaders continue to violate Georgia’s open records laws despite a court order meant to enforce transparency. Reshard Snellings, a ...

This week, the Poynter Institute is publishing installments from “Shut Out: Strategies for good journalism when sources dismiss the press,” our report from a symposium by the Craig Newmark Center for ...

Sunshine Week is a nonpartisan collaboration among groups in the journalism, civic, education, government and private sectors that shines a light on the importance of public records and open ...

Editor’s note: This Herald-Leader investigation is part of our celebration of Sunshine Week, bringing national attention to the critical role of public records and open government in a functioning ...

You've heard us talk about them for years. From the news desk to when we're reporting in the field, journalists use Georgia's open records law on an almost daily basis. But what exactly are open ...

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has increasingly invoked executive privilege to withhold documents requested under the state's open records law. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that presidents can keep some ...

Following an April 23 Kentucky Supreme Court ruling that emails and texts held on the private devices of Kentucky Department ...