Canton City Council has passed a law allowing the city to charge for video public records requests, including up to $750 for video requests.

Eleven years ago next month, advocates of openness, transparency and accountability in state and local government operations trumpeted ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — On April 9, the Ohio House of Representatives passed a spending deal that would cut funding to public schools, increase vouchers for private schools, alter library funding and provide ...

CLEVELAND — Legal analysis: Ohio lawmakers have quietly included language in their 5,000-page version of the state budget proposal that deals with public records access. Legally Speaking, if passed, ...

Our news organization takes its role as government watchdog very seriously - but we can’t do it alone. Citizens can request public records to learn more about how their governments and elected leaders ...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Two Ohio lawmakers have introduced a bill that they said will help curb public records requests that are intended to “harass” government officials and offices. House Bill 314, ...

Ohio's new biennial budget includes provisions that have nothing to do with spending. One measure makes text messages and emails between lawmakers and their staff exempt from public records requests.

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio lawmakers have moved to loosen controversial state budget language that critics feared would result in most police records being kept off-limits indefinitely from the public. The ...