Detroit News editor Nolan Finley endorses expansion of state’s freedom of information laws to include the governor, lieutenant governor and legislators. Read his column: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/nolan-finley/2018/03/19/let-sunshine-government/33096325/
Sunshine Week Would Be Brighter in Michigan with Stronger FOIA Laws
While citizens in the other 49 states celebrate the 13th annual national Sunshine Week from March 11-17, Michigan residents remains an outlier in transparency and accountability under its freedom of information laws. Michigan is the only state in the nation
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LORA bills earn unanimous approval in State House
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 reflects the commitment and interest these elected officials have in open and
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House introduces 10 bills to include legislators in amended FOIA
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 General’s Opinion had exempted the Legislature. HB 5469-5478 would
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Help make FOIA stronger, make Sunshine Week last all year
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 Op-Eds support Sunshine Week
Sunshine Week OpEds by MiCOG board members Charles Hill and Garry Gilbert ran in newspapers and on news sites across Michigan. Thanks to the excellent, persuasive writing of MiCOG board members Charles Hill and Garry Gilbert, a lot of readers
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Michigan Sunshine Week Update
Sunshine and warmer temperatures (at last) may be sweeping across the state, but there’s still plenty of work to do to ensure Michigan’s citizens get more transparency and accountability from their state and local governments, school districts, public universities and
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Jane Briggs-Bunting: Sunshine Week highlights public’s right to know
By Jane Briggs-Bunting Michigan Coalition for Open Government Welcome to Sunshine Week, and no, I am not talking about the fickle weather in the state. I am talking about the public’s right and responsibility to keep an eye on what
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