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Republican leadership in the Michigan House announced its picks for several House committee chairs today and said the party wants to focus on budget earmark transparency.

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

Michigan's public records act would apply to the Legislature and the governor's office under some of the first bills introduced in the new legislative session Wednesday.

Legislation to extend Michigan’s open records laws to lawmakers and the governor made it out of a state House committee Wednesday, clearing a significant hurdle in a years-long effort to pass it.

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

Michigan lawmakers would be subject to the Freedom of Information Act under a bill package currently stalled before a Senate committee.

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The governor and legislature would be subject to public records requests, under bills approved by the state House today.“When you exempt the governor and…

Michigan and Louisiana are the only two states that don’t apply their public records laws to the legislature and the governor’s office. A bipartisan group…

Michigan is one of two states that completely exempts the governor's office from the state's Freedom of Information Act.Massachusetts is the other.…