The governor’s office and state legislature are exempt from FOIA requests under current Michigan law, making state government one of the least transparent in the country. according to the Center for Public Integrity.

McGraw says the battle in the Legislature to expand FOIA laws has been going on for a long time, and because of the history of both parties showing the lack of political will to follow through, she doesn’t really believe to bipartisan agreement. In.

“I actually talked to my members about our next steps. I plan to meet with my public policy team in the near future to discuss our public policy priorities next year, and I am concerned that (FOIA) is not one of them,” she said. “President-elect (Matt) Hall has said he supports it, so we’ll see. The governor also expressed supportbut we haven’t heard from her yet.

Duggan makes independent bid for governor

Gorchow and Roth also discussed Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s bill. announcement this week that he will run for governor of Michigan in 2026 as an independent.

They both exchanged ideas and thoughts on why he made this decision. Gorchow shares that Duggan could make this decision based on political history.

“Men have performed very poorly in Democratic primaries in which a woman was a candidate for the last three decades,” he said. “In United States Senate and gubernatorial elections over the past 30 years, no man has won since 1994”

Duggan, the city of Detroit 75th mayor, will end his last term in 2025.

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