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The state Senate Oversight Committee held its first hearing today on legislation to expand Michigan’s open records laws to cover the Legislature and the…
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Michigan's secretary of state is aiming to have Michigan join most of the rest of the country in expanding public information requests to the governor and…
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The state of Michigan has settled a lawsuit over the use of private emails by state officials to conduct government business.The deal was announced…
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The Michigan Supreme Court says a progressive group is allowed to seek e-mails sent from private accounts of aides to then-Attorney General Bill…
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Transparency in state government was up for a vote Thursday in Lansing.The state House approved a package of bills that would open up the governor’s…
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It’s an election year -- and that means lawmakers won’t be seeing much of their Lansing offices for a while.The House met for three weeks, the Senate for…
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Lawmakers need to be more transparent.That was the message sent by the House on Wednesday when it approved bills to expand Michigan’s Freedom of…
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The Michigan House is expected to vote Wednesday on legislation that would make the governor's office and the Legislature subject to the state's public…
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The Freedom of Information Act could be changing in Michigan. A House committee approved a bill Thursday that would prevent public bodies like the…
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A new court decision will keep the public's eyes from records of an auto insurance fund.The Michigan appeals court says the state Catastrophic Claims…