To wrap up their fiscal year, the Rochester school board approved a financial settlement with a former superintendent after ...

Questions remain around the departure of Chelsea’s now former city manager Martin Colburn. Despite some residents wanting answers, city officials remained tight-lipped about the circumstances of ...

This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and ...

The Keweenaw County Board has denied a reporter’s appeal of an earlier decision turning down a June 16 Freedom of Information Act request in regards to the deaths of two people June 8 on Isle Royale.

An appeal to the Keweenaw Board of Commissioners to reverse a June 16 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request denial was a ...

Michigan farmers join a multi-state coalition urging the USDA to reveal how it calculates rising minimum wages for migrant ...

Last year, a Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency employee was sentenced for using state vehicles for personal purposes ...

Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland, is opposing a Senate-approved proposal that would apply FOIA to the governor and lawmakers.

In Michigan, the week often features discussion of the state's Freedom of Information Act which exempts the governor and state Legislature, but it's one of several transparency challenges.

Michigan lawmakers propose expanding FOIA to include the governor and state legislators, aiming to improve government transparency and accountability.

Michigan is one of few states that don’t allow FOIA requests for the governor or lawmakers, despite years of trying to change that. Senator Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield) has been working on the ...