HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Whether it's investigating controversial decisions by local governments or digging into how those agencies spend taxpayer money, 13 Investigates relies on open records laws to ...

More than a year after Austinites voted overwhelmingly to make secret police personnel files public, the Austin Police Department has begun to release those documents. Requesting so-called G-file ...

In 1998, the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) began requiring officers to fill out reports any time they had to use force, a big step toward tracking when and why police resorted to strong-arming ...

Despite this, I encourage everybody to file open records requests because you don’t have to be a journalist to do it. But just be prepared to be stonewalled, charged money or potentially having to ...

Georgians have the right to obtain public records directly from private organizations with government contracts, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled this week, overturning lower court rulings that allowed ...

The Kentucky Open Records Act allows citizens to get public records from their state and local governments. Government officials sometimes redact portions of the records, which can be challenged.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Colorado General Assembly is considering overriding Gov. Jared Polis’ wise veto of Senate Bill 77, which would allow government agencies to take longer ...

The Oklahoma Supreme Court issued decisions in two Open Records Act cases Nov. 25, 2025, setting precedent about jail trusts ...