Bring local meetings, agenda items, documents, people, votes, and change events into your product or internal workflow. Evaluate the records and coverage, then choose Enterprise API access or licensed daily delivery.
API access and bulk delivery are paid, agreement-based products. Public browsing and search on LocalGovIndex are free.
Availability is distinct from the scope of a license. Geography, history, usage, and downstream rights are agreed for each engagement.
Use an issued API key to work with structured records, extracted text, source relationships, and supported change events.
Use gzipped NDJSON files delivered to a storage bucket, with a manifest and verification script. Define the sources, fields, history, and update scope before relying on the feed.
A national count does not answer whether your specific places, fields, and historical window are covered.
Review indexed jurisdictions and then confirm record types, historical depth, extraction, and refresh timing for the proposed cohort.
Coverage map →Inspect a Chicago zoning action, the supporting vote report, and the research questions that remain after the recorded decision.
Sample brief →Use the published API overview and documentation to inspect authentication, endpoint behavior, identifiers, pagination, and change handling.
API documentation →Product status checked November 2, 2026. Confirm the agreed scope and support requirements before a production integration.
| Option | Status | Starting point |
|---|---|---|
| Public LocalGovIndex browsing and search | Available | Explore the public product; portal features and permitted uses depend on its terms and plan. |
| Enterprise API | Available under agreement | An issued key, a documented interface, and defined usage rights. |
| Licensed daily data drops | Available under agreement | A starting set and daily files for a defined data scope. |
| Research samples, matching, or workflow integrations | Separately scoped | Define the required evidence, transformations, review, and delivery. |
| Iceberg, Snowflake shares, and MCP delivery | Roadmap | These are not current standard delivery options. |
| Dedicated newsroom products | Pilot / in build | Review newsroom access before designing a dependency. |
Internal research, product integration, derived publication, and raw redistribution have different requirements.
Redistribution and resale require a separate written agreement. A key or feed subscription alone does not grant those rights.
Retrieval, grounding, embeddings, indexing, and internal evaluation can be discussed under the applicable agreement.
Training generative or general-purpose models is not licensed.
Source material and derived summaries remain distinguishable. Verify consequential conclusions against the originating record.
We will review coverage, identify representative records, and discuss evaluation access or commercial terms. If you need an answer rather than an integration, explore our research services.