When Drew Hanes thinks about the worst disputes over blocked public access she’s encountered in her career, she recalls the time when her friends found themselves arguing with an angry Montana ...

A law firm is seeking to go to the U.S. Supreme Court in a case to protect public access to state court advisory meetings. The lawsuit began back in 2022 when the Tennessee Administrative Office of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As a student at the Colorado School of Mines, Sam Seeton juggled his role as running back for the school’s football team with his pursuit of a petroleum ...

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun appointed attorney Jennifer Ruby to replace Luke Britt. The public access counselor is responsible for both educating officials about the public's right to information and ...

It could be summed up in a cookie. But getting there takes a bit. A bureau chief for Courthouse News had gone up to Vermont to ask a court committee to consider the public in its deliberations. But he ...

The outcome of a municipal court trial in Shorewood could become a decisive flashpoint over public access to Lake Michigan’s shoreline – a battle other Great Lakes states have settled, but hasn’t been ...

Misleading “no parking” and “no trespassing” signs and intimidating barbed wire and fencing have prevented some Anchorage residents from accessing nearby trails and parkland. Under a new law, the ...

Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1622 into law in June. It allows counties and cities to adopt ordinances that allow activities like walking, fishing and swimming in "dry" sand areas Escambia ...

The California Coastal Commission approved a landmark settlement Wednesday with San Diego’s Paradise Point resort aimed at remedying years of Coastal Act violations that have long inhibited public ...