Hamlet | Search Government Meeting Transcripts | Civic Intelligence Platform
Local governments control more than you think.
Hamlet reads the public record of 6,200+ governing bodies: 83,000+ meeting transcripts, plus the agendas behind them. All of it searchable down to the second it was said, in all 50 states and DC.
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QUESTIONS HAMLET ANSWERS — CLICK ONE, OR SEARCH THE RECORD YOURSELF
- SITE SELECTORS: “Is a moratorium coming to my next market?”
- DEVELOPERS: “When did the last rezoning get denied?”
- ENERGY TEAMS: “Which councils are fighting over substations right now?”
- GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS: “Did our project come up in public comment?”
300 MENTIONS ON THE PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA PUBLIC RECORD
▶ 1:18:29“We don't want data centers near our kids. We don't want data centers near our homes. We don't want them ruining our water source.” BOARD OF COUNTY SUPERVISORS · APR 7, 2026
▶ 5:15:29“Is this data center to just serve these data centers here, or the fear that you put in this substation and now more data centers show up?” PLANNING COMMISSION · MAR 11, 2026
SIGHTLINE — THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE ON TOP OF HAMLET
Don’t have time to watch 83,000+ city hall meetings? Sightline analyzes them for you.
A daily intelligence report on the markets you’re building in: what changed overnight, how hard each market is pushing back, and which companies are circling. Every claim links to the public record it came from.
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THE MORNING BRIEF
What changed in your markets overnight — ten cards or fewer, each with the record behind it.
MARKET DOSSIERS
Documented pushback per market, on a spectrum:
- CLEAR
- BLOCKED
COMPETITOR ROSTERS
The company names appearing in each market’s record — and the meetings and remarks that put them there.
HAMLET API — THE RAW FEED
Build on Hamlet’s API.
The same records as structured JSON: meetings, agendas, transcripts, governing bodies, locations. Every row cites its official source. Feed it to your models or put it on a map.
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GET/v1/locations
every covered city and county
GET/v1/locations/{id}/government-bodies
councils, boards, commissions
GET/v1/meetings
the meeting stream, by place and body
GET/v1/meetings/{id}/agenda
structured agenda items
GET/v1/meetings/{id}/transcript
timestamped utterances, to the second
SEARCH — EXPLORE THE RECORD YOURSELF
Type a phrase. We pull every time someone said it.
Self-serve access to the same index Sightline and our API are built on: search the full text of 83,000+ transcribed meetings, and jump right to the second you’re looking for, plus the agendas behind every item.
FROM THE HAMLET NEWSROOM
Data-driven stories from local government
The District analyzes transcripts, votes, and records from 3,000+ city halls to surface the stories that matter. Free weekly insights — no spam, ever.
- 01 Data Centers: The infrastructure boom reshaping local politics
- 02 Housing: Zoning battles and affordability debates
- 03 Democracy: How local governments actually govern
- 04 Civic Health: Measuring engagement and transparency
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