TOLEDO, Ohio — The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) allows anyone to obtain records of federal agencies, even if they are not U.S. citizens. The requests to access these documents are commonly known ...

“….[W]e file Freedom of Information Act requests with government agencies, comb through industry reports, crunch numbers, and interview and photograph people out ...

Student reporters at Michigan State explain how public records helped them uncover misconduct, investigations and hidden decisions.

Records from local, state and federal government are available to the public if one knows how to ask for them. While journalists like the team at The Charlotte Observer regularly use public records ...