The bills would allow the public to file FOIA requests against the governor, the lieutenant governor, lawmakers and ...

At the start of another legislative session, lawmakers in the Michigan Senate hope the House will take up transparency bills ...

It certainly appears Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is playing partisan politics by not scheduling a special election in Michigan’s ...

Michigan has long been one of just two states nationally with Freedom of Information Act exemptions for the Legislature and ...

Mallory McMorrow, a state senator who won national Democratic acclaim in 2022 with a speech defending liberal values while ...

The Michigan Senate crossed the first item off its 2025 to-do list on Wednesday, passing a plan to expand Michigan’s Freedom ...

U.S. Sen. Gary Peters announced this week he will not seek reelection, setting the stage for a potentially crowded 2026 race.

LANSING — Michigan's governor and lawmakers would no longer be exempted from public-records requests under bills that won ...

Michigan inched a step closer to applying its open records laws to the governor and the Legislature Wednesday after bills ...

The State Senate again moved to green light key bills aimed at making the government more transparent.Senators passed SB 1 ...

Currently, Michigan is one of only a handful of states that exempts the state legislature and governor's office from FOIA requests.

LANSING — The Michigan Legislature may soon be headed to an inter-chamber legal dispute regarding a handful of bills that are ...