Michigan is one of two states that does not require lawmakers to publicly disclose at least some financial data, “and that would not change under this package,” said Rep. Bill Sowerby, D-Clinton Township.
“It is the public s right to know what financial conflicts those they are electing might have,” he said. “It is therefore so disappointing to me that this package fails to do that, and rather moves Michigan towards more darkness and obscurity.”
Supporters, however, contend the legislation will make significant improvements to Michigan ethics laws, which currently require no financial disclosure by lawmakers or other officials, and begin to restore waning public trust in government.
Thousands of Michiganders who suffered catastrophic injuries in auto crashes, and who rely on care provided via the state's no fault auto law, are terrified that they will soon lose access to care once a sub-section of the act goes into effect in July
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Many anti-lockdown and pro-Trump rallies featured QAnon signs and slogans like this popular one about accused child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein at a conservative protest at the Capitol against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, April 30, 2020 | Anna Liz Nichols (Michigan Advance)
QAnon has found a home in Michigan.
The right-wing conspiracy theory which is rooted in anti-Semitic tropes and revolves around former President Donald Trump hunting down and eventually killing Democratic politicians and wealthy liberals who lead double lives as Satan-worshipping cannibals running a child sex trafficking ring is increasingly spreading from the fringes of the internet to conservative spaces across the state, political leaders and academics say.