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Maine Gov. John Baldacci signed a bill in May that will make it easier to obtain public records. The most significant change to the law was the addition of a review process for exceptions to public disclosure.   Maine...

The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that pardons granted at the sole discretion of the governor must be made public, while those initiated by the state board of pardons can be sealed.   State Supreme Court orders unsealing...

The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that public court records must be requested by individual case or existing public index, not by subject. Requests for court records do not have to be filled when information is sought by...

The nearly three-year fight over access to records of Vice President Dick Cheney’s energy task force came to the high court on Tuesday, with the Bush administration’s top lawyer arguing that the Constitution gives...

A bill some fear could infringe on the public’s access to government records is on the table in the Hawaii Legislature. The measure would allow the state to declare someone a “vexatious requester” if the person...