Virginia Freedom of Information Act

Recently, the office of Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has taken the position that it does not have to comply with the requirements of Virginia's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a law intended to provide broad public access to government...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld the Virginia Freedom of Information Act provision allowing state and local governments to deny record requests from out-of-state residents. The decision came two months after oral arguments in the case,...

Virginia's Freedom of Information Act is blunt about public meetings. It ensures "free entry to meetings of public bodies wherein the business of the public is conducted." And while the 45-year-old law allows some exemptions – notably when the...

When Virginians are denied access to public documents, they sometimes must take their fight to court. Three recent cases — two in the Virginia Supreme Court, one in the U.S. Supreme Court — highlight the public's right to information under...

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli decided to buck long-standing tradition by not giving up his office while he runs for governor. Cuccinelli's decision to stay in office has been widely panned, especially by those who have given up the post to run for...

HAMPTON — For more than a year and a half, Hampton police officers ran an undercover cigarette business. Tens of thousands of dollars at a time would change hands inside a nondescript industrial warehouse off Aberdeen Road, as the department's...

HAMPTON — During his three-hour sojourn through the Peninsula on July 13, President Barack Obama's motorcade traveled with escorts from state and city police and passed down roads blocked by the city Public Works Division to a gymnasium prepared...