From the Associated Press — Advocates for open government have unveiled the specifics of their ballot proposal to open Michigan’s governor and lawmakers to public-records requests. Michigan is one of only two to wholly exempt the governor’s office from the Freedom of Information Act and among eight where legislators are explicitly exempt. The liberal group Progress Michigan will have
to collect about 340,000 valid voter signatures to send the bill to the Republican-led Legislature, which could make it law or let the measure go to voters in November 2022. Advocates say their ballot initiative is not riddled with “loopholes” like bills pending in Lansing are.
