open records

Michigan's Freedom of Information Act does not cover the governor's office and it does not cover the legislature. Legislation is being considered that might make state government at the top as transparent as other government entities are required to be already.

Michigan's Legislature and governor are exempt from Freedom of Information laws, making it an outlier in the U.S.

Lester Graham

Legislation has been introduced to add the governor's office and the Legislature to government bodies subject to the state's Freedom of Information Act.

Michigan Capitol building in Lansing on a summer day.

Politics & Government

Legislature, Governor would be subject to FOIA under Senate bills

Colin Jackson | MPRN

Michigan’s “Freedom of Information Act” would apply to the governor and state lawmakers under legislation heard in a state Senate committee Wednesday.

Government records revealed under the Freedom of Information Act.

Criminal Justice & Legal System

FOIA bills pass House committee, may not make it much further

Cheyna Roth

A battle is brewing in the state legislature over government transparency for the governor and legislature. A large package of Freedom of Information…