Michigan Reporter Is Suing Gov. Whitmer
Charlie LeDuff is seeking information over the handling of nursing home patients during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Pulitzer Prize winning author and journalist tweeted his intention to file the lawsuit in conjunction with the Mackinac Center on Monday.
The Mackinac Center is a free-market think tank dedicated to improving the quality of life of the people of Michigan.
LeDuff wants access to the coronavirus data in relation to nursing homes. He feels the state put elderly patients, who were more susceptible to the virus, in harm s way, while at the same time shutting down businesses that were handling their customers carefully in terms of possible exposure.
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Mackinac Center claims Michigan State University violated FOIA
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
Posted Dec 18, 2020
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EAST LANSING, MI The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is suing Michigan State University, claiming the school violated the Freedom of Information Act, the Center announced Dec. 17.
The Mackinac Center, a nonprofit research and educational institute that advances the principles of free markets and limited government, alleges that the university has had five months to release records that MSU estimated would take less than 24 hours to produce.
The Mackinac Center submitted a FOIA request on June 26 requesting email correspondence relating to Dr. Stephen Hsu, former vice president for research and innovation at MSU, according to court documents. Hsu resigned from his leadership position and returned to a tenured faculty position July 1 after MSU’s Graduate Employees Union called for the university to remove him for statements union members considered raci