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American Oversight Files Lawsuit for Reports Regarding August Incident at Arlington National Cemetery

American Oversight Settles Lawsuit Against Cochise County After Forcing Release of Public Records Related to Election Administration

Email Cited in Congressional Hearing Details Project 2025 Recruitment 

American Oversight Provides Court Further Proof Cochise County Supervisors Used Personal Email and Texts for Official Business

Update on American Oversight’s Public Records Lawsuit Against Florida Gov. DeSantis

American Oversight Statement on Court Allowing Georgia GOP’s Disruptive Intervention in Lawsuit Against State Election Board

American Oversight Reaches Settlement in Lawsuit Against Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose

American Oversight Announces Investigation of Attacks on Direct Democracy Intended to Thwart Abortion Access Ballot Measures

American Oversight Asks Court to Order Cochise County Supervisors to Answer Questions Under Oath

American Oversight Demands Release of Oklahoma Education Department Records

American Oversight’s letter details several public records requests to which the agency has failed to adequately respond, including requests for th…

Statement on Georgia Election Board’s Approval of Controversial New Rules

Less than three months before the election, the board’s Trump-allied majority approved problematic new measures and advanced rules it had previousl…

Georgia Election Board Withdraws Rules Approved in Illegal Meeting Following American Oversight Lawsuit

The board rescinded its illegal actions from its July 12 meeting, which was held without either proper notice or a quorum, and announced plans to r…

American Oversight Files Emergency Motion to Prevent Illegal Georgia State Election Board Rules from Taking Effect

American Oversight Sues Georgia State Election Board for Violating Open Meetings Act

The Chilling Effect of Georgia’s ‘Divisive Concepts’ Law

American Oversight Demands Records Held by Wisconsin Elections Commissioner Spindell

In a letter to the commission, American Oversight demands the release of public records held by Commissioner Robert Spindell, who in 2020 was one o…

American Oversight Announces Liz Hempowicz as Deputy Executive Director

Nonprofit watchdog American Oversight today announced that Liz Hempowicz will join the organization as Deputy Executive Director this month. Hempow…

‘A Dark Day for Democracy’: American Oversight Statement on Supreme Court Presidential Immunity Decision

The Supreme Court’s ruling effectively grants immunity to former President Trump through further delay, meaning that Trump is unlikely to face tria…

Inside the Virginia Education Department’s Review of African American History Course

Records obtained by American Oversight and reported on by the Washington Post include several suggested changes aimed at sanitizing the history of …

95 Percent of Deaths in ICE Detention Could Likely Have Been Prevented With Adequate Medical Care: Report

New study reveals persistent medical care failures in immigration detention facilities, examines 52 deaths from 2017-2021

Documents Reveal Thousands of Texas Prison Heat Complaints in 2023 — and Perilously Slow Grievance Process

Records obtained by American Oversight and reported on by NPR show that incarcerated individuals in Texas state prisons filed thousands of heat-rel…

American Oversight Statement on Effort to Block Access to Public Records in Louisiana

Louisiana House Bill 767 would limit who can request public records from the Office of the Governor.

Behind the Scenes of Abortion Travel Bans

American Oversight has begun obtaining records in its investigation of how anti-abortion rights activists are pushing travel bans that prohibit the…

American Oversight and ACLU of Arizona Sue Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb for Unlawful Delay in Release of Public Records

Wednesday, nonpartisan watchdog group American Oversight filed a complaint in the Arizona Superior Court against Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb an…