LANSING — Long-sought legislation to heighten government transparency in Michigan was among the casualties when the state House abruptly adjourned its lame-duck session Thursday. Among the dozens of ...

LANSING — While Michigan's Democratic lawmakers rush to move their policy priorities to the finish line during the final days of the legislative session, one big bipartisan proposal that has stalled ...

The Michigan Court of Appeals has sided with Grand Rapids in a lawsuit over the city’s response times to a public records ...

The ACLU of Michigan wants records related to allegations of racial profiling, racial discrimination, harassment, or ...

LANSING — A Michigan House committee advanced legislation Wednesday to expand the state's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to cover the governor's office and state Legislature, raising the ...

Cadillac resident Brad Marine has found using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to request information from local ...

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 faltered ...

During Sunshine Week open government advocates focus on closing gaps in transparency. In Michigan, that means hearing the familiar refrain to expand the state's public records law, but that's not the ...

It feels like our politics are more divided than ever. But if you listen closely to what residents on both the left and right are saying, there is a common theme: A demand for a more transparent and ...

Michigan was on course last year to rid its title as the last state in the U.S. that doesn’t allow the public to petition records from the governor’s office. That push in the Michigan Legislature to ...