Holding city council meetings downtown during weekday business hours makes them inaccessible to too many residents. To open up civic participation, local governments should rethink their scheduling ...

One of the problems the pandemic has created is how to hold Association meetings, annual or special. A current question in a number of associations is how to hold them when (1) there are state orders ...

On Tuesday, October 13, 2020, the Michigan Legislature adopted amendments to the Open Meetings Act (the "OMA"), which would have immediate effect upon signature by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

On February 13, 2024, Public Act 214 of 2023 (“PA 214”) takes effect, amending Michigan's Open Meetings Act to give some public bodies greater freedom in holding electronic meetings. In the case of ...

KALAMAZOO, MI — The Kalamazoo City Commission voted to approve a resolution to allow electronic meetings to continue through August. The city commission approved a resolution to declare a local ...

Winchester voted on April 26 to embrace the digital age and use electronic voting for future town meetings when in-person gatherings are allowed again. On day one of annual Town Meeting, members ...