From the Associated Press — The Traverse City school district must release a document that carried complaints about former Superintendent Ann Cardon, who lasted less than three months and was paid $180,000. The Michigan appeals court affirmed a decision by a local judge in a dispute between the district and the Traverse City Record-Eagle. The district declined to release a document to the newspaper in 2019, saying it was exempt from a public records request because it was attached to minutes from a closed session of the school board. Nate Payne, executive editor of the Record-Eagle, says the court decision is a victory for transparency in government.
