A 2014 Free Press survey found Michigan was one of only two states where both the governor and the Legislature were exempt ...

Michigan's Democratic legislative leaders laid out some of their lame duck priorities in Free Press interviews. But a ...

House Oversight Subcomittee on Weaponization of State Government Chair Angela Rigas (R-Caledonia) Sept. 17, 2025 | Photo by Kyle Davidson/Michigan Advance Michigan Republicans continued to criticize ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is running out of time to keep a campaign promise. During her first gubernatorial run, she pledged to ...

The Board of Commissioners unanimously voted for the denial of two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) appeals during their ...

Leading Republican gubernatorial candidate and Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette bills himself as a Trump-like figure, but it seems in some ways he has more in common with Hillary Clinton. A ...

Legislative leaders from both parties this week unveiled Sunshine Week proposals in efforts to increase government transparency. Started in 2005 by the American Society of News Editors — now known as ...