Ohio has "sunshine" laws designed to hold governments accountable and help the public know what their governments are doing. The Open Records Act lays out what records − budgets, meeting minutes ...

State lawmakers may revisit open records law next spring as one expert criticizes 2024 legislation for making transparency ...

It arrived with a cover letter asserting that the district is claiming an exemption from the public records law not only as an “unwarranted invasion of personal privacy,” but because they are ...

Planning to sip a cold drink on Alabama's beaches this summer ... but a stricter rule applies from March 1 to April 28, when all public beaches prohibit drinking. This seasonal ban, implemented ...

Is it illegal to sleep in your car in Alabama? In Alabama, no state law bans you from sleeping in your car, but it is prohibited in some areas. Gulf Shores and Fairhope ordinances prohibit ...

Planning to sip a cold drink on Alabama's beaches this summer ... but a stricter rule applies from March 1 to April 28, when all public beaches prohibit drinking. This seasonal ban, implemented in ...

Gov. Kay Ivey signed SB76, otherwise known as Parker’s Law, which exempts nursing mothers from jury duty for up to two years.

A bill that would dismantle the citizen committee that decides disputes over the release of government records and ... balancing test in the law did little to blunt the public opposition.