A court clerk at Division 2 of the 16th Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri said civil records are not available to the public. “You can try civil records, but I doubt you’ll get them. Good luck with that,” the court representative said when...
(Story by Carol Thompson) Both professional and citizen journalists can benefit from the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) that most states have adopted. The law provides government transparency—access to most...
