[The following is an Oakland Press editorial by Jeremy Moss]
The one consistent question I’ve heard from constituents since being elected to public office in 2011 is “When are you going to fix the roads?”
As Michigan taxpayers we pay the salaries of our governor and state legislators and we elect them to office.
So why are they not accountable when we have questions?
The Newschannel 3 I-Team looked at trust and transparency in Michigan government and whether it's time for a change.
As the city motto states, Lathrup Village is known for beautiful homes and great neighbors, but city officials are working to make the city not only attractive to homeowners, but business owners and investors too.
[The following is a Michigan Daily editorial]
In this month of football and Blood Battle rivalry, we do not always give our neighbors to the south a lot of credit. But last week’s voter approval of a proposal to curb gerrymandering in Ohio’s legislative districts deserves our admiration, if not our jealousy.
The state House met into the night to adopt a road-funding plan, but it seems that a final deal on paying for road repairs remains elusive.
The $1 billion package relies on new fuel taxes and vehicle fees. But half the money would also come from cutting other parts of the budget.
After hours of backroom haggling the Michigan House, late Wednesday night, approved a $1.2 billion road funding potholesplan.
Michigan citizens who want to check up on their legislators are fresh out of luck when it comes to the state's open records laws.
The legislature, along with courts and the Governor's office, is not subject to the Freedom of Information act that allows citizens to shine light on the day-to-day operations of other public organizations.
Democrats say recent expulsion hearings for Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat highlight the need to subject the governor and lawmakers to public information requests. They’re renewing their push to end those exemptions in Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
House Democrats used last week’s scandal-prompted ouster of two tea party Republicans as another argument Wednesday for ending a Michigan Freedom of Information Act exemption lawmakers and the governor enjoy.
A Michigan lawmaker is renewing a push to subject the state legislature and governor's office to requests under the Freedom of Information Act.
This comes the same week the House Business Office released a summary of its findings on the recent sex scandal involving representatives Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat.
