When are you most forthcoming with life updates? And when are you the most transparent about exactly what those updates are? For most folks — show of hands, please — it’s when things are going well.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Exemptions to Florida's open records law now exceed high rises in Miami. DEA / V. GIANNELLA /via Getty Images Florida, the ...

Gov. Wes Moore has repeatedly pledged transparency as a defining principle of his administration. But amid allegations of wrongdoing inside state government, Moore’s office has declined to answer some ...

As a devastating wildfire burned through a Maui town, killing more than 100 people, emergency management employees traded dozens of text messages, creating a record that would later help investigators ...

Michigan’s new “transparency network” rolled out by Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s office is anything but — undermining what has already been a slow, long slog toward disclosing more information ...

The annual celebration of open government known as Sunshine Week (March 15-20) comes as the nation marks a milestone. Sixty years ago, the relationship between officials and the public they serve was ...

Americans are frustrated, but the instinct to demand a clearer view of how decisions get made inside the Supreme Court and Congress is misguided.

Boasting wide, bipartisan support from Michiganders, transparency in government runs on the behind-the-scenes, often invisible, work of public servants working for local municipalities. The Freedom of ...

For those unfamiliar with the name “Spotlight,” it traces back to the investigative team at The Boston Globe newspaper whose reporting exposed the Catholic Church abuse scandal — work later depicted ...

What is the definition of transparency? Of course, transparency means that something can be seen through. When we talk about transparency in government, we mean that citizens must be able to "see ...