Michigan Coalition for Open Government
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Michigan’s 108 state representatives sent a powerful message on Thursday, March 16 by passing the Legislative Open Records Act unanimously. To approve this legislation during National Sunshine Week …
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The drumbeat pushing the state Senate to approve the Legislative Open Records Act has begun. One of the opening salvos came from Mlive.com in an editorial headlined: "State Senate needs to heed …
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Michigan's House of Representative on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed the Legislative Open Records Act that amends and expands the state's FOIA to correct omissions that have made Michigan an outlier …
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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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The Michigan House is considering a bill that would make one important changes to the state Open Meetings Act (OMA). HB 4182 would require council members, trustees and other members of a public body …
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Lame duck Senate majority leader Republican Randy Richardville seems determined to block public access to the people's governments by refusing to bring HB 4001 for a vote in his Governmental Affairs …
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