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Despite repeated reform efforts, Michigan’s FOIA remains ineffective, leaving citizens and journalists blocked from accessing critical government records.

With bills stalled in committee and automatic deletion of digital records hindering transparency, Michigan’s reputation on open government suffers while advocates consider a pricey citizen petition to force reform.

Transparency advocates score a win as Georgia’s election board settles a public records case, mandating official accounts for all communications and ensuring open access under state law.

Decades-old promises of accountability falter as citizens, journalists and families are left waiting for answers, forcing legal action by the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Michigan township demands an unprecedented fee for public records as questions mount over the chief’s administrative leave in the wake of the LDS church shooting.

After seven months of delays and repeated denials, Tyler Foster forced Memphis to comply with public records law. His win could set a precedent for greater transparency in city government.

In the last fiscal year, Manitobans seeking information paid over $13,000 to find out what their government was up to. Fees tripled while response time compliance plunged.

AI is speeding up FOIA responses, but may also be creating legal and ethical hazards that could undermine public requests and government accountability.

Investigative journalists demand answers as officials dodge record requests on a program plagued by waste, secrecy and abuse—the very things freedom of information laws were created to uncover.

Despite a half-century-old FOIA law, citizens and journalists face months—even years—of stonewalling. Watchdogs warn government secrecy in the Nutmeg State threatens accountability and democracy itself.