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The Michigan attorney general will review allegations nonprofits broke the law by raising money for the measure to strip Gov. Whitmer of emergency powers. The nonprofits say the move is purely political.

The review comes months after a complaint alleged illegal coordination led by nonprofits with ties to Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake

LANSING — Two nonprofits linked to Senate Republicans and Majority Leader Mike Shirkey could face a criminal investigation after the state elections bureau determined they potentially broke the law by raising money for a ballot drive to weaken Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's pandemic powers.The…

At least seven people gave the maximum $7,150 to Leonard’s campaign for attorney general. But under Michigan law they were allowed to give many thousands more to his leadership PACs, which passed money to his campaign, a tactic experts say violates the spirit of campaign limits.

Extremists in both parties have lost touch with the priorities of Michigan voters

In 1994, the year following the House Fiscal Agency scandal in Lansing in which employees used an internal fund as a personal piggy bank, lawmakers were trying to clean up their public image. Under shared power in the Michigan House that year, lawmakers eliminated officeholder expense funds that…

Michigan voters passed a constitutional amendment that demands an impressively high standard of openness. Its not being met.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson should find out who's bankrolling efforts to repeal governor's power, suppress voting

Longtime political rivals ask probe of dark money behind GOP initiatives Bob LaBrant and Mark Brewer © Detroit Free Press Bob LaBrant, Michigan Chamber VP and Mark Brewer. When Jocelyn Benson ran for Michigan Secretary of State, she pledged to root out dark money. “I think it’s time to fix a broken system, because it’s not getting any better,” Benson said in a 2019 interview. “And it’s causing citizens to lose faith and trust in their elected officials to work on...

At Least 10 States Going After Donor Disclosure May 4, 2021 The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a key donor disclosure case that’s made its way through the California courts during the past decade. The issue of donor disclosure isn’t going away and has been popping up at the state level this year. In Michigan, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson determined that a nonprofit did not have to report sources of its contributions. A former legal advisor to the Michigan Chamber o...