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 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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...