The prestigious competition is in its 21st year and will be held for the first time in Michigan in mid-February.

Advocates of making the Michigan legislature and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's office more transparent saw success this week in Lansing. But, is this the year the state Capitol really becomes more open?

The hyper-partisan politics that now characterizes America’s two-party political system has made legislating a ...

In a lengthy statement chiding the media and local organization SAGE, the city denounced both messages of hate and messages ...

Scholten introduced the legislation to make it clear that any organization created in that manner is automatically subject to FOIA requests. U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Grand Rapids) speaks at an ...

In Michigan, lawmakers aren't subject to open records laws. An effort to open the government to freedom of information requests appears to be failing again.

The dispute over a Freedom of Information Act Request filed with Delta County by Former-Airport Manager Andrea Nummilien continued Monday during a special meeting of the county board. The meeting was ...

The Michigan Legislature has toyed with the idea of true transparency for decades. It’s time to end the games.

The Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, is a records policy that entitles watchdogs, media and the general public to documents from public entities. Lawmakers have tried for years to expand the law, ...

Michigan is one of few states that don’t allow FOIA requests for the governor or lawmakers, despite years of trying to change ...

Michigan senators once again overwhelmingly advanced a set of policies to extend the state’s Freedom of Information Act to ...