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‘We’re just not going to do FOIA’: Michigan transparency effort stalls

Michigan and Massachusetts are the only states where citizens cannot submit a Freedom of Information Act request to collect records from their executive and legislative branches. For years, both Democrats and Republicans in Michigan have advocated expanding FOIA to include the two branches of ...

Board, council meetings planned this week

Florence County Board will meet at 6 p.m. today in the second floor courtroom of the courthouse in Florence. The agenda includes EMS building projects. For more, go to https://www.florencecountywi.com/. Kingsford City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at Kingsford City Hall. The agenda ...

Army puts soldiers on standby for possible Minnesota deployment

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active duty soldiers to be ready in case of a possible deployment to Minnesota, where federal authorities have been conducting a massive immigration enforcement operation, two defense officials said Sunday. The officials, who spoke ...

City council meetings scheduled

Iron Mountain City Council will meet at 6 p.m. today at Iron Mountain City Hall. The agenda includes an audit presentation. For more, go to https://www.cityofironmountain.com/. Florence Town Board will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Florence Community Center. The agenda includes a discussion ...

No Daily News today

IRON MOUNTAIN — With no postal service on the federal Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, The Daily News will not publish a newspaper today. Daily News offices will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today. The normal publishing schedule will resume Tuesday.