State integrity news for Michigan, from the Detroit Free Press:

A state government websitededicated to "transparency and accountability" could do a far better job on both counts to allow the public to track state spending with private contractors, state employee unions say.

At a news conference set today at the state Capitol, union representatives say they will join with Democratic lawmakers to call for greater public access to contract information, including improvements to the website -- http://apps.michigan.gov/MiTransparency -- confident that the more the people know, the better public employees will look.

Read the rest of the story at the Detroit Free Press.