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 have run in the Detroit Free Press, The
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MiCOG weighs in on FOIA impact in Flint
Listen to MiCOG board member and former Detroit Free Press columnist Ron Dzonkowski interview on WKAR radio about FOIA as it relates to the Flint water crisis. Michigan earned an F and was ranked dead last for transparency in the 2015
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FOIA and the Anatomy of the Flint water story
Read the timely article about the efforts of Flint Journal reporter Ron Fonger who covered the Flint water crisis from almost the first drop. http://bit.ly/1OVKpZi. Using his sources and the state Freedom of Information Act, Fonger exposed the crisis as it
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Ten Dems seek to add Gov and Legislators to state FOIA
Kudos to ten Democratic Michigan state senators for introducing SB 716 Thursday (January 21, 2016) that would amend the state Freedom of Information Act to include the Governor and the Legislature. This is a step towards addressing one of the
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