The ongoing controversy surrounding Grand Blanc Township Fire Chief Jamie Jent including his administrative leave and ...

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 ...

House Speaker Matt Hall won't say how much he paid a lobbying firm for Lions tickets. He's opposing bills that could shine ...

LANSING, Mich. — Two State Senators have introduced bipartisan legislation that aim to bring greater transparency to state government. Senate Bills 669 and 670 would require the Michigan Legislature ...

Sunshine Week brings together open government advocates to focus on transparency issues. In Michigan, the week often features discussion of the state's Freedom of Information Act which exempts the ...

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson sits in front on a desk microphone to give testimony in a Senate Committee. The Michigan Secretary of State’s office is launching a new online portal to make public ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...