Cover More Government. Uncover More Stories —
Hold More Power Accountable.
Every day, thousands of government meetings take place across the country. Most receive little or no media coverage. Important decisions about taxes, schools, housing, public safety, transportation, and community investment happen without a single journalist in the room. Citizen Portal helps you monitor more meetings, uncover more stories, and verify facts faster — so you can spend more time producing journalism that matters.
Business plans from $199/mo
Civic Intelligence at a National Scale
From local school boards to federal agencies, Citizen Portal helps you discover what matters before it becomes tomorrow's headline.
Cover More Meetings Without Attending Every Meeting
Government never stops. Neither do the decisions that shape communities. But shrinking newsroom resources make it impossible to watch every meeting, read every agenda, and follow every vote. Citizen Portal helps you find the stories that matter — without sitting through hours of footage.
Find Stories Before Everyone Else
The best stories rarely begin with a press release.
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Get notified when those topics appear in meetings anywhere you follow. Know what's changing before it affects your residents, stakeholders, customers, or organization.
Turn Hours of Meetings Into Minutes of Research
Search Every Transcript
Find the exact discussion, vote, topic, or quote you're looking for in seconds.
Monitor Public Spending
Identify budgets, contracts, spending decisions, and funding priorities across government.
Expand Your Coverage
Monitor far more meetings and public bodies than any individual reporter could watch alone.
Verify From the Source
Every article, summary, and insight links directly to the original source.
Built Directly From Government Sources
Every summary, article, alert, and insight is connected to original public records.
Every claim can be traced back to the source. Every source can be reviewed independently. No spin. No opinion. No editorial filter. Just the public record.
Business plans
For teams tracking government across a region.
- Up to 25 jurisdictions*
- Full access for your team
- Licensed for commercial and client work
For firms covering multiple markets or clients.
Everything in Business, plus:
- Up to 100 jurisdictions*
- Priority coverage requests
*A jurisdiction is each government body Citizen Portal covers, like a city council, county commission, or school board.
Find the right fit
Government & Public Agencies
Know what neighboring agencies are deciding.
Law & Public Affairs
Get the transcript without sitting through the meeting.
Architecture, Engineering & Construction
Know about the RFP before it's public.
Business & Real Estate
Hear about zoning and permits the day they come up.
Advocacy & Policy
Track your issue across every jurisdiction.
Education
Real government proceedings, ready to assign.
Why Journalists Are Joining
Most of what government decides never makes the news, because no newsroom can sit through every meeting.
Citizen Portal helps reporters, editors, newsletter writers, and researchers monitor more meetings, find more stories, and verify facts faster.
Every summary links back to the original record, so you can quote with confidence.
Have a newsroom or research team?
Need more than 100 jurisdictions, API access, or a custom setup? Tell us about your team and we'll reach out.