This report provides a line-by-line review of Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act, the statute that enables the public to access the inner workings of state and local governments. It offers suggested edits to FOIA, including the exact statutory language that would fix the many shortcomings of the current law. These changes are aimed at providing Michigan residents with better access to information about their governments.
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