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Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley said he would make a big announcement at the Mackinac Policy Conference. It was widely expected that he would announce…
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This week’s political roundup examines two instances of government trying to restrict access to information. Ken Sikkema, Senior Policy Fellow at Public…
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It’s Sunshine Week – a time of year when issues of transparency and open government are put front and center. Democrats in the state House and Senate…
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For years, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a conservative, free-market think tank, has been critical of the Michigan Economic Development…
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A House committee has approved a package of bills to expand the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to cover the governor and the legislature, with a few…
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Michigan and Louisiana are the only two states that don’t apply their public records laws to the legislature and the governor’s office. A bipartisan group…
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Many of us can’t wait for this election year to be over. We’ve seen a lot of things we’ve never seen before, and little of it has been good. That’s not…
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Bridge Magazine and the Michigan Campaign Finance Network teamed up for an investigative report on votes in the Legislature that could easily be seen as…