Accessing State Records: A Guide To Public Documentation

Organizations in Massachusetts frustrated by a lack of access to public records are suing the State Police. The cases offer a window into what’s going on behind the scenes – or not going on. The ...

Los Angeles Times: Inglewood Police Department ‘systematically’ violated state public records law, judge rules

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Inglewood Police Department “systematically” violated state public records laws by disregarding requests for ...

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Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio and a group of state lawmakers sparred Tuesday during a heated hearing on a potential ballot question that would expand the public records law to cover the ...

Rhode Island's court system does not provide online public access to case documents, unlike many other states. A new online records system, promised for summer 2025, has been delayed indefinitely due ...

Boston Herald: MA the only state where Gov., Judiciary and Legislature are exempt from public records law

Massachusetts is the only state in the U.S. where the Governor’s Office, Judiciary and Legislature are all exempt from the public records law as transparency on Beacon Hill becomes a growing issue.

MA the only state where Gov., Judiciary and Legislature are exempt from public records law

Boston Herald on MSN: MA the only state where gov., judiciary and legislature are exempt from public records law

Massachusetts is the only state in the entire country where the Governor’s office, the Judiciary and state Legislature are all exempt from the public records law, as Gov. Maura Healey recently hid ...

WCVB Channel 5 Boston: DiZoglio launches ballot push to put State House under Public Records Law

Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio said she's putting forth a ballot initiative to place the State House under the Public Records Law amid her ongoing battle to audit the Legislature."You pay ...

DiZoglio launches ballot push to put State House under Public Records Law

Poughkeepsie Journal: FOILED again: How NY police put up barriers to accessing free public records

FOILED again: How NY police put up barriers to accessing free public records

Rhode Island lawmakers are attempting to reform the state's Access to Public Records Act (APRA). Proposed changes include lowering fees, expanding access to police records, and increasing penalties ...

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Florida's Sunshine Laws make it possible for people to access records from any state, local, or municipal governments. Public records are all "documents, papers, letters, maps, books, tapes, ...

Indiana is one of the few states that allows the public to search its civil and criminal court records for free. MyCase is an online database of records from civil and criminal cases within the ...

MSN: High court rejects Penn State’s bid to keep trustee records hidden from public, Spotlight PA

High court rejects Penn State’s bid to keep trustee records hidden from public, Spotlight PA

Spotlight PA: High court rejects Penn State’s bid to keep trustee records hidden from public, Spotlight PA

In this Transparency Watch segment, we examine the challenges of accessing public records and what it can cost to obtain them. An investigation into government spending in Atlanta highlights how fees ...

The Boston Globe: Healey seeks to shield some birth, marriage records from public for 90 years

Healey seeks to shield some birth, marriage records from public for 90 years

The Providence Journal: RI's Judiciary promised online public access to court records. Where are they?

RI's Judiciary promised online public access to court records. Where are they?

The institutionalization of people with disabilities in Massachusetts is one of our state’s more shameful episodes. Yet the records needed to document that time have generally been closed to both ...

Sarasota Magazine: Less Sunshine, More Secrecy as Florida Limits Public Records Access

After state lawmakers introduced dozens of measures this year restricting access to government records, only a few cleared the Florida Legislature. But open government advocates warn the ones that did ...

Many New York police departments are obstructing access to police misconduct records despite a law change five years ago aimed at making these records accessible to the public. Tactics used to block ...

news10nbc: Monroe County Clerk’s Office now charging subscription fee to access public records online

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — If you need documents from the Monroe County Clerk’s Office, you may now have to pay a subscription fee to access them. The County Clerk’s Office houses millions of public records.

Monroe County Clerk’s Office now charging subscription fee to access public records online

The Providence Journal: Will this be the year RI's public records become easier to access? What advocates want.

Will this be the year RI's public records become easier to access? What advocates want.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case that could determine whether certain voter eligibility documents are considered public records. The group ...

WLRN: Florida's Sunshine Law makes it possible to request public records. Here's how to do it

Florida's Sunshine Law makes it possible to request public records. Here's how to do it

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Indiana Public Radio: Court order issued to Alexandria over unreleased public records

A Madison County court has found that an Alexandria official hasn’t been responding to a citizen’s many requests for public records access in a timely manner.  IPR’s Thomas Ouellette reports. Transcri ...

A growing fight over access to public records is pitting government watchdogs against Baltimore City officials.

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The PA Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from Penn State and the state education department on a lower court ruling that ordered the release of internal trustee records.

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Accessing and using records The Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen holds hundreds of thousands of documents, covering more than 1200 years of history. On the following pages, you will find information about the use of our archives and how to conduct a search, both online and in person, in our Reading Rooms in Duisburg, Münster and Detmold.

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