TAG / ACCOUNTABILITY

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

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.

“I wonder how much this moron will pay,” Salvador Plasencia cruelly joked—before supplying Perry the drugs that killed him.

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.

Once lauded for impartiality, the BBC now faces scrutiny over biased reporting, ethical breaches and systemic editorial failures.

The reform would make it a crime to delete government communications, following revelations that top officials wiped WhatsApp messages during the pandemic.

Legislators call for stronger oversight after audit exposes widespread neglect, unanswered complaints and apparent efforts to conceal abuse in state hospitals.

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

The case exposes systemic gaps in digital law and highlights the struggle to hold exploiters and platforms accountable for online sexual abuse.


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.