October 10 is Electronic Records Day, and Arapahoe County is now making it much easier to access old Colorado documents. After four years of tedious work, the County's Clerk and Recorder's Office just ...

Massachusetts state legislators say they are creating a new era of openness on Beacon Hill. They want to make more votes public, better explain the bills they’re proposing, and make changes that ...

Teams that fulfilled requests for government documents lost their jobs on Tuesday as part of the Trump administration's 10,000-person staff cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services. Their ...

Legislating the right way involves hearings, proponent and opponent testimony and other checks and balances, to ensure that a bill’s sponsors -- along with those voting it into law -- at least hear ...

A little-known public records ruling could have a big impact in smalltown Clackamas County. In 2022, the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that handwritten notes made by a public official are subject to ...