Civic data for news
Track, understand, and respond to policy activity nationwide with our searchable database of public meetings and civic intelligence reports that alert you of emergent issues in government.
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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.
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Receive real-time notifications when specific issues, agencies, or keywords appear on agendas or during meetings. Our deep research alerts provide summary, context, financial impacts, and decisionmaking timeline.
Break news: Surface policy developments before decisions are finalized.
Policy tracking: Track policy change, spread, and stalls across committees.
Policy comparison: See how similar policies develop across governing bodies.
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We translate dense public materials—agenda packets, fiscal notes, studies, and bill language—into clear, plain-language summaries that support accurate and accessible reporting.
Plain-language summaries: Quickly understand and explain what’s at stake to readers.
Source grounding: Summaries are linked to original records for verification.
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HeyWire was created for local newsrooms by local newsroom leaders. Reduce time spent monitoring meetings and focus on reporting, analyzing, and explaining government to the public. HeyWire doesn’t replace reporting, but strengthens our ability to make public decision-making visible, searchable, and usable at scale.
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