At the start of another legislative session, lawmakers in the Michigan Senate hope the House will take up transparency bills ...

The Michigan Senate crossed the first item off its 2025 to-do list on Wednesday, passing a plan to expand Michigan’s Freedom ...

The bills would allow the public to file FOIA requests against the governor, the lieutenant governor, lawmakers and ...

U.S. Sen. Gary Peters announced this week he will not seek reelection, setting the stage for a potentially crowded 2026 race.

Michigan inched a step closer to applying its open records laws to the governor and the Legislature Wednesday after bills ...

LANSING — The Michigan Legislature may soon be headed to an inter-chamber legal dispute regarding a handful of bills that are ...

The State Senate again moved to green light key bills aimed at making the government more transparent.Senators passed SB 1 ...

Currently, Michigan is one of only a handful of states that exempts the state legislature and governor's office from FOIA requests.

After Sen. Gary Peters' surprise announcement, Michigan Republicans are hoping for their first Senate win in the 21st century ...

Michigan is closer to having more government transparency after a Wednesday night vote in the Michigan Senate.

Michigan Democrat Gary Peters won’t be the only senator to retire this cycle, at least according to almost a century of ...