Journalists file public record requests to access information on government agencies — from public schools to police units. However, you don’t need to be a reporter. Anyone can access public records.

“Sunshine laws” give citizens access to government documents and meetings. “Open records laws” detail the records, documents and information that state agencies and local governments must disclose if ...

This story was produced as part of Sunshine Week, a nonpartisan collaboration among groups in the journalism, civic, education, government and private sectors that shines a light on the importance of ...

I've seen, unfortunately, multiple examples where public officials in Florida have thumbed their nose at the Public Records ...

Of all of the recent technological developments that have expanded the surveillance capabilities of law enforcement agencies at the expense of individual privacy, perhaps the most powerful is cell ...