public records

Under state law, public records requests are supposed to be completed quickly. Despite that mandate, agencies and governments across North Carolina often take months to respond, and even then, the records can be incomplete — limiting transparency. More on a new effort to shine a light on the problem.

While local government communications are public, cities vary widely in how they fulfill the legal obligation to make them available.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed a new law that closes loopholes in the state's Freedom of Information Act. Meanwhile, the North Carolina…

North Carolina’s largest newspapers are among the media outlets and advocacy groups suing the McCrory administration for violating the state’s public…

The City of Charlotte has announced it will withhold releasing vast amounts of public records about former mayor Patrick Cannon.Public records laws allow…