An editorial in today’s Detroit News cites the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation’s work in attempting to expand the scope of public information.
The editorial agrees with MCLF Director Patrick Wright, who said the Michigan Supreme Court’s ruling late last year “cripples the state Freedom of Information Act and shields government officials who break the law from public scrutiny.”
The MCLF and the Michigan Press Association jointly filed a “friend of the court” brief in Zarko v. Howell Education Association.
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