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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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