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Judge reinforces that state FOIA means what it says

Index-Journal 21 Dec 2025
Rejecting various arguments by a school district that it did not violate South Carolina’s Freedom of Information Act, Circuit Judge Daniel Coble ruled on Dec. 11 that the statute actually means what it says ....
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EXCLUSIVE: Democracy Forward files FOIA lawsuit after HHS deadnames Rachel Levine

Washington Blade 19 Dec 2025
Democracy Forward’s four unanswered FOIA requests, and the subsequent lawsuit against HHS, come days after someone in the Trump-Vance administration changed Levine’s official portrait in the Hubert H ... U.S ... The lawsuit and four FOIA requests are below..
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'Some information is not transparency': Critics question Richmond's approach to new FOIA library

The Roanoke Times 17 Dec 2025
City Council on Monday night voted to create a Freedom of Information Act library. Its contents will be posted at the discretion of city officials ... .
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Puerto Rico law alters government transparency framework

Jurist 16 Dec 2025
Puerto Rico Governor�Jenniffer Gonz�lez Col�n on Sunday signed into law (SB 63), a law that modifies public records request procedures in the US territory.� ... The amendment also defines technical requirements for information requests ... ....
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Judge sides with The State in school board open meetings lawsuit

The State 15 Dec 2025
The decision comes after the paper filed suit against the Lexington-Richland 5 school district over a secretly-approved deal to remove the superintendent ... .
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ACLU loses appeal against Grand Rapids over FOIA response times

Michigan Live 12 Dec 2025
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued Grand Rapids over a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that the city took over a year to fulfill ... The ACLU filed a FOIA complaint over the delay in the records request.
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FOIA Annual Report (FY 2023) (USMS - US Marshals Service)

Public Technologies 11 Dec 2025
FOIA REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED AND PENDING FOIA REQUESTS ... DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- ALL PROCESSED REQUESTS ... r FOIA ... DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- NUMBER OF TIMES EXEMPTIONS APPLIED.
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FOIA Annual Report (FY 2024) (USMS - US Marshals Service)

Public Technologies 11 Dec 2025
FOIA REǪUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED AND PENDING FOIA REǪUESTS ... DISPOSITION OF FOIA REǪUESTS -- ALL PROCESSED REǪUESTS ... Improp er FOIA Reques t for Other Reason ... DISPOSITION OF FOIA REǪUESTS -- ...
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Once tossed by a judge, The State’s school district lawsuit closer to decision

The State 11 Dec 2025
The Columbia, S.C., newspaper is seeking a ruling that a school board decision violated South Carolina’s opening meeting laws ... .
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Altamont to pay nearly $3,000 over FOIA request it says it never received

Effingham Daily News 10 Dec 2025
ALTAMONT – The Altamont City Council approved an almost-$3,000 payment to law firm LegalSolved LLC because the city didn’t respond to Freedom of Information Act requests. However, City Clerk Sarah Stephen said the city didn’t receive the requests ... .
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More than $1M spent on mold cleaning

Dispatch Argus 10 Dec 2025
A composite sample being taken from a Werner employee in Room 29. This was part of a test conducted on July 28, 2025 ... .
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2025 FOIA Legislation Analysis (BGA - Better Government Association Inc)

Public Technologies 09 Dec 2025
We placed bills into those two categories, then into sub-categories of widening FOIA, limiting FOIA or being FOIA-neutral ... have weakened FOIA, nine would have widened FOIA and three were FOIA-neutral.
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