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Sunshine Week 2019

History of Michigan’s public records law

By Ray G. and Lily J. Chatterjee | March 13, 2019

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About this project

This project is part of a series looking at public records issues published in conjunction with Sunshine Week, a nationwide initiative to promote open government. MSU students from four School of Journalism classes filed public records requests in communities across Clinton, Eaton and Ingham counties.

Stories in this series

Big, little governments manage public records requests
Who’s filing local FOIA requests?
Push continues to apply public records laws to governor, legislature
History of Michigan’s public records law
A quick guide to using FOIA
How we did this project

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