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State lawmakers are once again considering legislation that would increase transparency and access to public records. A 10-bill package would remove exemptions for the governor and lieutenant governor s office from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), as well as create the Legislative Open Records Act for the state legislature.
The bills also lay out all of the exceptions to the widening of requests for public records from state government. Exceptions for the governor s office include budget recommendations, information subject to executive privilege, decisions to remove or suspend a public official or judge from office, and decisions on granting a reprieve, commutation, or pardon.
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Despite the advice of national health experts, AAA says it expects about 85 million people to travel in the United States over the holiday season.
Adrienne Woodland is spokesperson for the organization in Michigan. She says that number is down from the more than 110 million who traveled over the same period in 2019.
“In Michigan, almost 2.6 million could potentially travel and that’s down about 30 percent compared to last year, Woodland said.
Woodland recommends following the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s directions to stay home over the holidays. She says those who do travel should check ahead on their destination’s local health restrictions and guidelines.
lansing, michigan, vincent duffy, chairman of the radio television digital news foundation. and here in washington, richard prince who covers news about journalists of color in his online column. so, as journalists, i think we re used to politicians becoming convicted felons after they get elected so this is kind of an unusual thing. vince, you wrote about this for the newsletter. what happened here? well, this was really a problem of the newspaper to begin with. they just didn t cover it. they had a questionnaire that wantwaz david filled out and sent in and that s the basis of everything you need to know article that they had. after mr. davis was elected, the day after, they accomplish publ story throughout flint telling voters that he was a convicted killer something voters may have wanted to know before the
community electing people like this as that racist website pointed out. we had a situation here in washington, d.c. where barry was elected again after his felony but apparently this is not a concern. this is actually an asset to people who say we ve got problems in the black community and flint is majority black city and why is this happening? what is going through voters minds? that s a tremendous service not only to people of flint, michigan, who need to be introduced to the people in the wider circulation area but those around the country picking up on the story. thanks very much for joining us, vincent duffy, richard prince. we really appreciate having you here. the web side buzzfeed takes a serious turn in the coverage that may narrow the gender gap and reporting on international issues when we come back. anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one phillips colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues
0 host eric deggans will begin shortly and for international viewers, global exchange is coming up with breaking news out of iran. first we want to bring you the latest that we have here. united states and five other world powers have reached a diplomatic breakthrough with iran sealing a deal to slow iran s nuclear program. iran wins an easing of sanctions in exchange for limitations on its nuclear activities. president obama strongly welcomed the deal. substantial limitations, which will help prevent iran from building a nuclear weapon. simply put, they cut off iran s most likely paths to a bomb. tehran is celebrating but there are warnings from congressional critics and israel s prime minister who says the deal makes the world in his words much more dangerous. the secretary of state john kerry tells cnn the deal should make israel safer. we believe very strongly that because the iranian nuclear program is actually set backwards and is actually locked into place in critical plac