The Michigan Senate passed legislation in January to expand FOIA to the governor and state Legislature. House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, called it a "watered down" FOIA bill during a ...

Michigan's public records law stands out as a national outlier for exempting the governor and state lawmakers from its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Other public bodies in Michigan must ...

Other MSP records, newly released under FOIA, don't resolve a mystery over why the MSP ultimately settled the Long lawsuit for the striking sum of $999,999.. Based on records released earlier, it ...

Threats, FOIA floods and the long shadow of 2020: Michigan clerks and the new world of elections It’s been almost two years since the 2020 election, but election clerks in Michigan say they are ...

If the bill becomes law, Michigan would no longer be the only state in the U.S. where the governor’s office is exempt from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Only one other state ...

Without the records received through the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, the public might not know the extent of sexual harassment at MSU’s.

Effective immediately, departments for the State of Michigan are required to update their systems to accept credit card payments for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.

We sent Freedom of Information Act requests to each Michigan department, asking for the department director's travel expenses paid by the state for the year 2015.

After NJ.com filed a FOIA request for their roster, Michigan said there is no roster, and then said they'd have to look for a scholarship list.

A group of Michigan parents was asked to fork over approximately $400,000 by the Forest Hills Public Schools before the district would comply with a Freedom of Information Act request they had ...