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Jane Briggs-Bunting, a champion of open government, will be honored Thursday for her careerlong work to increase the transparency of and access to Michigan public records and meetings. She is the …
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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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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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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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