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This column by Michigan Coalition for Open Government President Jane Briggs-Bunting appeared in the March 28 print edition of Crain's Detroit Business. Flint's water crisis might not have hit the …
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Kudos to the members of the Central Michigan University Society of Professional Journalists chapter for their public records audit of Michigan's 15 public universities. The results were shared in a …
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It's a first step 28 years in the making. On Tuesday, the state senate's Judiciary Committee unanimously voted to support SB 848 the Student Free Press and Civics Readiness Act. The bill, co-sponsored …
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Celebrating FOI day, 37 Republic and Democratic state house members Wednesday introduced 10 bills to amend the state's FOI law, expanding it to include the Legislative branch. A 1988 state Attorney …
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Welcome to National Sunshine Week. The Michigan Coalition for Open Government board has worked hard to get the word out about the importance of FOIA to all of the state's citizens. Opinion columns …
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The Michigan's Department of Health and Human Services wanted to charge CNN a hefty Freedom of Information fee of $11,071 to locate and review emails and documents from state officials on the …
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