Matt Hall was calling on Democrats to hold a vote on FOIA reform. Now, with the gavel in his hand, he won't hold a vote. Here's why.
Performance bonuses for top civil servants are not new. But there has been little or no media coverage of bonuses paid to ...
Most states have some sort of "cooling off" rule, mandating lawmakers wait a certain amount of time before leaving their post ...
Michigan is the only state in the U.S. where the governor’s office is exempt from these public records requests.
The Midland County Board of Commissioners approved an appeal of a Freedom of Information Act request seeking a list of voters ...
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 ...
For about 50 years, Michigan's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which generally requires government agencies to provide copies of their documents to the public upon request, has covered elected ...
That’s after the Michigan Senate passed bills to expand the state’s Freedom of Information Act. Michigan is one of few states that don’t allow FOIA requests for the governor or lawmakers ...
In 33-2 votes, the Michigan Senate passed Senate Bills 1 and 2, which would eliminate the current exemption for the governor's office and state Legislature from the state's Freedom of Information Act ...
Michigan State University’s athletic department operated at a shortage of more than $16 million in 2023-24, its fourth deficit in the past five years.
By a 33-2 vote, two bills that would remove Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exemptions for the governor and lawmakers were passed Wednesday, Jan. 29, by the Michigan Senate.