Mich. governor releases emails on Flint water crisis

USA Today: LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Wednesday released 274 pages of personal emails from 2014-15 related to the Flint water crisis after pressure from the Detroit Free Press and others to make his communications public in the wake of the public health emergency.

The governor’s office and legislature are exempt from Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act, which requires public disclosure of records related to government. Michigan is one of only two states that apply a blanket exemption to electronic communication from the governor's office and Legislature.

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