MuckRock and the Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project are teaming up to find the best Sunshine Week logos.

In November, MuckRock readers told us what presidential public records to request. Now you can follow along.

What public records can reveal about a rivalry that rocked submission grappling.

In some facilities, no texts are blocked. In others, hundreds are redacted or banned. Overall, one in six texts was censored.

MuckRock and Sunlight Search partnered to help dozens of newsrooms.

The results are in: According to their own reports, some federal agencies are already testing AI in their FOIA offices. Many more are already using machine learning functions baked into current document search and discovery tools or plan to make use of AI in the future.

Have you run into an egregious records denial? Still aching about an agency thwarting the public’s right to know? Just need to vent about the one (FOIA request) that got away? This is your chance to share and commiserate: Submissions are open for nominations to the 2025 Foilies!

We’re releasing thousands of pages of police misconduct records in New York. Let’s open up more nationwide

There are still plenty of requests you can file before Inauguration Day.

The state doesn’t publicize officer employment histories, making it impossible to track so-called wandering officers.