It's Sunshine Week. In Michigan, that means a chance to reflect on the state's public records law. But that's not the only transparency challenge.

In most states, freedom of information laws give people access to records from their legislature and governor's office. Not in Michigan, though. A few Democrats and Republicans there are working ...

It feels like our politics are more divided than ever. But if you listen closely to what residents on both the left and right are saying, there is a common theme: A demand for a more transparent ...

In a 2015 study on state ethics and transparency, Michigan was ranked dead last when it came to implementing laws that deter corruption in the state's government. According to the Center of Public ...

In 1976, the Michigan Legislature enacted P.A. 442, known as the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). An act to provide for public access to certain records of public bodies; to permit certain fees; to ...

State House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, has put together an ethics and transparency plan that could work to lift Michigan off the bottom of state good government rankings, if it weren ...

Sunshine Week brings together open government advocates to focus on transparency issues. In Michigan, the week often features discussion of the state's Freedom of Information Act which exempts the ...