Illinois' Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, is a powerful tool of transparency and accountability. It allows anyone to request access to government records. The information can be in the form ...

The Illinois Freedom of Information Act requires disclosure of public records "regardless of physical form or characteristics ... staff denied a Sun-Times FOIA request for Purvis, using the ...

Last week, the Illinois ... the City violated FOIA by failing to inquire whether City officials had any personal text messages and e-mails that were responsive to its request.

FOIA allows anyone to request information from the government. In my first six months at ProPublica Illinois, I’ve sent over 1,018 requests for information, to everyone from the Department of ...