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Sunshine Week

It’s Sunshine Week: Ann Arbor and Michigan Struggle With Governmental Transparency

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 13, 2017 5

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…

Opinion

Op-Ed: Time for Lansing to Open its Own Records to the Public

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 12, 2017 0

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…