Blogs about: Michigan Foia
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Documents that are public, but only for multi-millionaires
Kathy Hoekstra, an investigative reporter from Michigan, has surged into the lead for highest-fee-requested for public documents. She got an estimate from the Michigan Department of State Police of $6… more →
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Documents that are public, but only for multi-millionaires
Leslie Graves wrote 1 month ago: Kathy Hoekstra, an investigative reporter from Michigan, has surged into the lead for highest-fee-re … more →
Michigan politician recalled over FOIA allegations
Leslie Graves wrote 1 month ago: Last Tuesday, voters in Hamburg, Michigan recalled Matthew Skiba, the town’s clerk partly base … more →
Technological advances ease e-mail filtering
Leslie Graves wrote 1 month ago: FOIA headache cured at Howell describes how different approaches to e-mail retention and search can … more →
City Council members misbehaving
Leslie Graves wrote 4 months ago: Members of municipal legislative bodies like city councils, county commissions and school boards are … more →
Grace Caporuscio: Sunshine Troublemaker of the Week
Leslie Graves wrote 10 months ago: I’m proud to introduce you to Grace Caporuscio, this week’s Sunshine Troublemaker of the … more →
Best o' state FOIA blogging
Leslie Graves wrote 11 months ago: California: Free and fair elections? In Orange County, not so much. Colorado: Salaries of public emp … more →
Just put it on the website
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Leslie Graves wrote 12 months ago: According to the Livingston Daily: “Hamburg Township Clerk Matt Skiba last week informed local … more →
Christine Barry: Sunshine Troublemaker of the Week
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Leslie Graves wrote 1 year ago: Meet Christine Barry of Shiawassee County, Michigan. Christine is this week’s Sunshine Trouble … more →
Time for a FOIAsphere round-up
Leslie Graves wrote 1 year ago: I continue to be impressed and surprised at how much great FOIA-blogging comes across my RSS transom … more →
FAQ on e-mail retention for Michigan public schools
Leslie Graves wrote 1 year ago: Here’s a terrifically useful link from The Backroom Tech on e-mail archiving in Michigan publi … more →
Michigan official files FOIA on private organization
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Leslie Graves wrote 1 year ago: I wrote a post back in March about an official for Billings Township, Michigan trying to file a FOIA … more →
There's bad and then there's worse; Detroit, for example
Leslie Graves wrote 1 year ago: In 2007, the city of Detroit spent $8.4 million in a settlement of a variety of police whistleblower … more →
Interview: Sunshine Activist Ben Hansen
Leslie Graves wrote 1 year ago: This is the 15th in our series of interviews with Sunshine Activists from around the country. Our go … more →
Billings Township, Michigan: Confused
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Leslie Graves wrote 1 year ago: Take this with a grain of salt, since I don’t yet have independent confirmation. But, I did ju … more →
Michigan: conflict leaves paper trail
Leslie Graves wrote 1 year ago: The Battle Creek (Michigan) Enquirer recently wrote a long, detailed story about a fight between a u … more →
An interesting e-mail FOIA in Michigan
Leslie Graves wrote 1 year ago: The Detroit News is reporting on a situation where a county court employee used her court e-mail pri … more →
FOIA delivery in Michigan leads to duelling assault charges
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Leslie Graves wrote 2 years ago: The story I mentioned here a few hours ago has now led to charges of assault and threatening behavio … more →
Open records links
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Leslie Graves wrote 2 years ago: Arizona: Try though it might, the Arizona Republic can’t get a few simple FOIA requests met by … more →
Sunshine Activist Chetly Zarko
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Leslie Graves wrote 2 years ago: This week’s Sunshine Activist interview is with Chetly Zarko, who lives in the Clawson/Troy ar … more →
