Our searchable database of public government meetings indexes and analyzes video, audio, agendas, transcripts, votes, and supporting documents.

• Search government: Find decisions, quotes, and votes through intuitive search and filter.

• Easy sourcing: All findings are linked to the source slashing manual review.

• Track policy: See government policies develop from meeting to meeting.

HeyWire is a shared campus resource and long-term civic archive, preserving public records that support research, instruction, and community engagement.

• Primary source archive: Durable records of local and state meetings, agendas, votes, and documents.

• Access-enabled: Entry-points for students, faculty, and staff, with multilingual and accessibility features.

• Historical insight: Supports scholarship on governance, policy development, and community impact.

• Diverse applications: Governance data engages every public interest interest imaginable, with implications for the social and hard and many hard science disciplines.

Give students direct access to the primary records of government, helping them learn how to report, verify, and explain public decisions.

• Reporting practice: Use real meetings and documents for writing and investigative assignments.

• Verification: Every summary links to original sources.

• Issue tracking: Follow how stories develop across agencies and jurisdictions.

• Coverage analysis: Examine gaps in local reporting and news deserts.

HeyWire connects coursework to real civic processes and strengthens training in accountability journalism, civic communications, and media analysis.

Our comprehensive, searchable archive of government decision-making supports policy analysis, governance studies, and research on institutions. Observe how policy is debated, amended, implemented, and enforced across multiple jurisdictions.

• Policy tracking: Study how issues move through committees and agencies over time.

• Comparative governance: See how different jurisdictions approach similar problems.

• Implementation insight: Analyze how local bodies interpret and execute state policy.

• Primary source research: Ground assignments and capstones in real decision records, not secondary summaries.

Gain direct insight into the local decisions that shape community conditions, service delivery, and resource allocation. Students can analyze how public bodies discuss health, schools, housing, safety, and social services in real time.

• Community context: Study how local decisions influence health, education, and social outcomes.

• Program insight: Track discussions on funding, staffing, regulations, and service needs.

• Equity analysis: Examine how policies affect different populations across jurisdictions.

• Practice-based learning: Ground case studies and fieldwork in real public decision records.

Receive real-time notifications when selected topics, agencies, or keywords appear on agendas or during meetings. Alerts include summaries, context, timelines, and links to primary sources.

• Early signal detection: Spot policy developments before decisions are finalized.

• Research continuity: Track debates, implementation, and long-term policy change.

• Comparative analysis: Compare similar issues across jurisdictions or time periods.