Michigan Coalition for Open Government
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Detroit News editor Nolan Finley endorses expansion of state's freedom of information laws to include the governor, lieutenant governor and legislators. Read his …
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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 …
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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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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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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 …