The public record, made usable

Local government data,
built for builders.

Query published meeting records from communities across the United States through one documented, read-only API.

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Free at launch · 100 requests per day · Read only

Built for accountable work

From public meeting to usable record.

01

Find a community

List municipalities and use stable slugs to scope your reporting or research.

02

Query what was published

Filter summaries by place, date, committee, and topic with cursor pagination.

03

Build with guardrails

One launch-tier key, predictable limits, public documentation, and no write access.

curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" https://api.thecommonnews.org/v1/summaries?limit=5Start building