Most states have some sort of "cooling off" rule, mandating lawmakers wait a certain amount of time before leaving their post ...

House Republicans don’t plan to take up bipartisan legislation that would create more transparency in Lansing by opening ...

The executive secretary of the State Board of Ethics said the complaint from two MSP unions lacked evidence to send to the ...

Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf speaks during the "American Patriot Rally-Sheriffs speak out" event at Rosa Parks Circle in ...

Performance bonuses for top civil servants are not new. But there has been little or no media coverage of bonuses paid to ...

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 ...

The House should swiftly consider it and approve the FOIA expansion. Michigan is one of just two states that allows its legislators and governor to be exempt from providing public information ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cases have advanced to Oakland County Circuit Court for a Wayne County official and her husband who are accused of pulling ...