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

Michigan is the only state in the U.S. where the governor’s office is exempt from these public records requests.

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

The Michigan Senate Wednesday voted once again on bills to subject the governor's office and lawmakers to requests to disclose public records after an effort to expand government transparency ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 33-2 votes, the Michigan Senate passed Senate Bills 1 and 2, which would eliminate the current exemption for the governor's office and state Legislature from the state's Freedom of Information Act ...

House Republicans don’t plan to take up bipartisan legislation that would create more transparency in Lansing by opening lawmakers and the governor’s office to public records requests.

Lansing — The Michigan House and Senate adopted competing measures Wednesday that seek to increase transparency in state government after a string of scandals, but it was unclear whether the ...

according to documents provided to the Detroit Free Press and USA TODAY Network via the Michigan Freedom of Information Act.

In Michigan, lawmakers aren't subject to open records laws. An effort to open the government to freedom of information requests appears to be failing again.