PA Office Of Open Records

July 8, 2025 | 12:18 PM

Why a powerful Pa. board is shielded from the state’s public records law

A board managing drug company payouts faces scrutiny over transparency as families and counties push back against secret meetings and limited public oversight.

By Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA

January 10, 2024 | 9:26 AM

Lancaster County Coroner to become sole petitioner in public records case

By Tom Lisi/ LNP | LancasterOnline

December 26, 2023 | 9:20 AM

Inside the Pa. court case pitting a genealogist against Ancestry.com

Pennsylvania hired genealogy company Ancestry.com to digitize a sweeping list of historical documents. Now the company claims it owns those digital copies.

By Angela Couloumbis/Spotlight PA

January 21, 2021 | 2:26 PM

Q&A: Meet Pennsylvania’s new public records czar

Liz Wagenseller will lead an office that plays a critical role for journalists and citizens whose requests for these records are denied, they believe, unfairly.

By Staff

March 26, 2020 | 6:36 PM

Local governments still seeking guidance on open meetings rules amid coronavirus outbreak

"This is uncharted territory because this emergency order...involves social distancing directives, and, in a growing number of counties, it involves stay-at-home orders."

By Benjamin Pontz/PA Post

Updated: 2020-03-25 15:25:00

Legislature moves to adapt open meetings rules to coronavirus situation

By Benjamin Pontz/PA Post

January 22, 2020 | 5:47 AM

State House votes to allow agency commercial records request fees in Pennsylvania

The additional fees are intended to apply specifically to records that companies are reselling, using to market products, or making money with in some other way.

By Katie Meyer/WITF

April 13, 2018 | 5:32 AM

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