House Republicans don’t plan to take up bipartisan legislation that would create more transparency in Lansing by opening ...

Advocates of making the Michigan legislature and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's office more transparent saw success this week in ...

Michigan is one of few states that don’t allow FOIA requests for the governor or lawmakers, despite years of trying to change ...

Former Airport Manager Andrea Nummilien may be given access to more documents related to an investigation into her activities at the Delta County Airport after all. The Delta County Board approved ...

The Michigan Legislature has toyed with the idea of true transparency for decades. It’s time to end the games.

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.

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

COLIN JACKSON, BYLINE: Like a lot of states, Michigan has a Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA law, that lets residents look at different types of government records. Detroit community organizer ...