FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan March 1, 2021 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Real FOIA Reform Ballot Initiative Planned by Progress Michigan Foot-dragging and half-measures have plagued quest for transparency for too long MICHIGAN — Year after year, FOIA reform is rolled out in the legislature only to go to Mike Shirkey’s Senate to die. The…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 19, 2021 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Lawsuit Filed Over Wayne County Board of Canvassers FOIA Denial Board members were contacted, but never responded to FOIA request MICHIGAN — Progress Michigan filed a lawsuit today in the Wayne County Circuit Court seeking the disclosure of communications between Republican members of…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan Marcy 19, 2019 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org House Passes FOIA Bills, Progress Michigan Tells Senate Not to “Shirk” Transparency While not perfect, FOIA bills represent big step forward for transparency in Michigan LANSING — Progress Michigan is applauding the House’s passage of bills opening up the governor and…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan March 4, 2019 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org House FOIA Package Has Some Big Holes Lack of judicial review, weak document retention policies in LORA need to be fixed MICHIGAN — Progress Michigan is calling attention to a bipartisan package of bills introduced in the Legislature addressing reforms to…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 9, 2019 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Records Show Majority of Senators Back FOIA Reform 22 of the Senate’s 38 senators have backed opening legislature to FOIA LANSING — A majority of the Michigan Senate have supported opening up the legislature to the Freedom of Information…
Progress Michigan calls on the Legislature to open themselves up to FOIA to start the 2019 legislative session.
During an interview with WDET, Republican House Speaker Lee Chatfield said his top two priorities for the House this year are lowering Michigan’s auto insurance rates and expanding the Freedom of Information Act. We’ll focus on the latter of those two issues for this piece because, frankly, this problem can be corrected today. When it…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan October 27, 2018 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Secretary of State Fails to Respond to Progress Michigan FOIA Request on Voter Address Error Failure to respond to FOIA in a timely manner raises more questions LANSING — Progress Michigan is calling out Secretary of State Ruth Johnson for her office’s…
Progress Michigan has been at the forefront of calling for FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) reform for years. We have been joined in our calls for reform by citizens across the state, the media, good government groups and even the rabid right-wing corporate front group The Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Members of the Michigan House…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 9, 2017 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Pushes to Expedite Schuette FOIA Lawsuit Motion filed with Court of Appeals after state, federal complaints filed against Schuette LANSING —Progress Michigan has filed a motion to expedite their Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against Attorney General Bill…