FOIA

by Patricia Lesko The majority of domestic abusers are poorly-educated, white men. In the case of Mitchell Irwin, the abuser is a 1 Percenter Poster Boy, an educated, rich, 68-year-old white man, a former Michigan State Senator,…

by P.D. Lesko The Ann Arbor Independent submitted a March 21, 2021 Freedom of Information Act request to the Ann Arbor Police Department for the body and dash cam footage from the January 13, 2021 911 call at the home of Ann Arbor…

by Kathy Hoekstra | Watchdog.com Driven by a sex scandal at the state Capitol and lead in the Flint water supply, the Michigan House of Representatives approved bills aimed at fixing the nation’s worst open records law. The 10-bill…

by Dave Alexander In recognition of Sunshine Week, a time that highlights the need for transparency and accountability in government, Progress Michigan is rolling out several major updates to the Sunshine Squad, an online tool that now…

by Jane Briggs-Bunting In 2016, a bipartisan group of 37 Michigan state representatives banded together to introduce a series of bills called the Legislative Open Records Act (LORA). These bill weren’t perfect, but they closed two…

by Patricia Lesko The Mackinac Center for Public Policy today filed a lawsuit against the University of Michigan over its delay in providing public records requested under the state’s open records laws. More than 100 days have passed…

FROM FOIA TO concealed weapons, last week Gov. Rick Snyder showed some of the “moderation” that has been missing from his leadership over the past four years. While campaigning, Snyder never professed to be a moderate Republican. Neither…

The Ann Arbor Independent filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the incident report filed by AAPD officers after the shooting of Aura Rosser. The ACLU of Michigan has been in contact with the AAPD, as well, urging the release of…

by P.D. Lesko While WCC officials have been timely and forthcoming in response to Freedom of Information Act requests for public records, the school sought to charge the faculty union thousands of dollars for access to Trustee emails.…

by P.D. Lesko THE U-M FOIA official sent a letter requesting $60 to examine one month of that institution’s FOIA log. This was after I received a handwritten list of FOIAs submitted to U-M that covered a two week period and a letter…