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Public Records
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California Public Agency Labor & Employment Blog
Trick or Treat? Navigating Scary CPRA Requests
With Halloween approaching, public agencies may face something more daunting than ghosts and goblins: a California Public Records Act ("CPRA") request seeking years of emails, text messages, and other records…
9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Claims Blog
NYC Releases 40,000 More 9/11 Records as Public Archive Expands
By Pb911prod
New York City has released another 40,000 records related to the September 11 attacks and their aftermath, expanding a public archive created just last month after years of demands for…
Florida Condo & HOA Law Blog
Owner Access to Official Records and Restrictions on Their Use
By Joseph Adams
Q: I am the Secretary of my condominium association, and we have recently received a request to inspect the records of the association from a unit owner. This is the…
9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Claims Blog
The 9/11 Files: Newly Released Records Deepen Concerns About the City’s Response
By Pb911prod
Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, New York City has started releasing internal records documenting how officials responded to air quality and contamination concerns in Lower Manhattan and western…
School Law
CAS Legal Mailbag – 10/8/26
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: Late last school year, I received an anonymous email from someone at ConcernedCitizen@gmail.com, alleging that one of the teachers in my school…
Municipal Minute
PAC Says Incident Reports Should Have Been Released
The Public Access Counselor of the Illinois Attorney General's office (PAC) issued its 11th binding opinion for 2026 finding a public body in violation of FOIA when it denied a…
AZAPP Blog
Abraham v. Ariz. Bd. of Regents – 9/18/2026
By Rob Franks
The plaintiff, a tenured English professor at the University of Arizona, submitted a series of public records requests to the University concerning its hiring and appointment practices. The University produced…
AZAPP Blog
Alley v. Pima Cnty. – 6/16/2026
By Rob Franks
The plaintiff, while pursuing a federal lawsuit against the defendant, requested public records from an executive session of the defendant’s board of supervisors that had been noticed as concerning legal…
Agricultural Law & Rural Practice | Solo Small Firm & General Practice Section
Is Your Divorce Public in Wisconsin?
By Hawley, Kaufman, Publisher, Kautzer Staff
Understanding public records, court access, and privacy in Wisconsin family law cases.If you’re going through a divorce or custody matter, you might be wondering, “Can my ex or employer look…
Government and Public Policy
2026 U.S. County Public Records Accessibility Study
2026 U.S. County Public Records Accessibility Study Access to official public records in the United States varies significantly by jurisdiction and by the way local government agencies make their record…