Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Twp.) poses with a poster promoting his Ethics Accountability and Transparency (HEAT) ...

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 ...

An investigative journalist sued the Michigan attorney general, accusing her and her office of failing to produce FOIA ...

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 ...

LANSING, MI – U.S. Rep. John James, R-Shelby Township, said if elected the state’s next governor, he would open the office to ...

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 ...

A decade ago, Michigan was dead last in national government transparency rankings. While it has made some improvements, Michigan, alongside Massachusetts, remains one of two where both the governor ...

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 ...

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’s Bureau of Elections has asked Michigan’s Court of Claims to dismiss a Michigan Fair Elections Institute’s lawsuit ...

Michigan lawmakers are once again advancing a decade-long effort to shine a light on the inner workings of state government, with nearly unanimous bipartisan support. By a 33-2 vote, two bills that ...

Michigan inched a step closer to applying its open records laws to the governor and the Legislature Wednesday. That’s after the Michigan Senate passed bills to expand the state’s Freedom of ...