Blog tagged as Freedom of Information

FOIA Expansions Are As Good As Dead, Hall Indicates 

02/14/25 01:13 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
FOIA Expansions Are As Good As Dead, Hall Indicates 
Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) insinuated during a press conference on Thursday that SB 1 and SB 2 that subject the governor’s office and state Legislature to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in some cases are dead.

Charter School Transparency Hearings Starting In Senate Next Month 

08/13/24 01:11 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Charter School Transparency Hearings Starting In Senate Next Month 
Hearings on new charter school transparency mandates are among the first things on the agenda for Senate Education Committee Chair Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia).

Nessel: Excessive FOIAs, ‘Frivolous Lawsuits’ Straining Elections 

08/05/24 01:00 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Nessel: Excessive FOIAs, ‘Frivolous Lawsuits’ Straining Elections 
The large number of election-related Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and “frivolous” lawsuits can be a strain on the state’s funding sources, Attorney General Dana Nessel told the National Press Foundation (NPF) fellows earlier last week.

Greek-Letter Glitch Gains Gravitas; Filling FOIAs Take Half a Year

03/18/24 02:44 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Greek-Letter Glitch Gains Gravitas; Filling FOIAs Take Half a Year
A six-month MIRS investigation of four Michigan state departments failed to produce any internal documents written in Greek letters.