House Republicans don’t plan to take up bipartisan legislation that would create more transparency in Lansing by opening ...

Most states have some sort of "cooling off" rule, mandating lawmakers wait a certain amount of time before leaving their post ...

The executive secretary of the State Board of Ethics said the complaint from two MSP unions lacked evidence to send to the ...

Performance bonuses for top civil servants are not new. But there has been little or no media coverage of bonuses paid to ...

Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf speaks during the "American Patriot Rally-Sheriffs speak out" event at Rosa Parks Circle in ...

That’s after the Michigan Senate passed bills to expand the state’s Freedom of Information Act. Michigan is one of few states that don’t allow FOIA requests for the governor or lawmakers ...

The House should swiftly consider it and approve the FOIA expansion. Michigan is one of just two states that allows its legislators and governor to be exempt from providing public information ...

For about 50 years, Michigan's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which generally requires government agencies to provide copies of their documents to the public upon request, has covered elected ...

The Midland County Board of Commissioners approved an appeal of a Freedom of Information Act request seeking a list of voters ...