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Rochester parents invoiced up to 8 figures for public records

Laurie Madigen’s child is about to graduate from Rochester Adams High School. During this pandemic, she feels her daughter’s fallen behind in learning because of remote learning. ....

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Emails: Michigan health director urged 'edits' to nursing home death audit

New documents reveal tense internal debate over an explosive audit review that identified new COVID-19 deaths at Michigan nursing homes and other long-term care facilities that had not been previously disclosed. ....

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Lawmaker: 'We're going to fix' Michigan's broken public records request law

Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act still doesn’t apply to lawmakers or the governor. But a key legislator wants to reduce excessive fees, delays and redactions for public records. ....

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National Freedom of Information Council: Four state heroes to be inducted into National Freedom of Information Coalition's Open Government Hall of Fame

National Freedom of Information Council: Four state heroes to be inducted into National Freedom of Information Coalition's Open Government Hall of Fame
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pledged openness. Lately, silence is default for Michigan governor

LANSING Three years after becoming governor on a pledge to increase transparency, Gretchen Whitmer is under fire yet again for keeping secrets.
As a gubernatorial candidate in 2018, the Democrat unveiled the Michigan Sunshine Plan, which she said would “rewrite the rules in Lansing to work for regular families by making the state government more open, transparent and accountable to Michigan taxpayers.”
Nothing has come of the plan, though, or Whitmer’s pledge to open the governor’s office to the state’s Freedom of Information Act and she’s under scrutiny for the second time in several weeks for being less than transparent. ....

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