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FOIA in Illinois: 7 things people would like to change

FOIA in Illinois: 7 things people would like to change
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7 things people would like to change about FOIA in Illinois

7 things people would like to change about FOIA in Illinois
Courtney Kueppers, Chicago Tribune
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A resource used by Pete Czosnyka as he files a Freedom of Information Act request to Chicago's clerk's office, at his home in the Gladstone Park neighborhood of Chicago on March 10, 2021.
The promise of the Illinois Freedom of Information Act is that average citizens should be able to receive information about how public agencies are making decisions, simply by asking for documents and records.
However, the statute — and the ways in which the statute is sometimes interpreted — is far from perfect. Here are seven changes that some people familiar with FOIA would like to see in Illinois, in no particular order.

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