LGBTQ protections will be added to state civil rights law either by the legislative process or Michigan voter approval, two Democratic state legislators vowed Monday.
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Listen to Doug Tribou s conversation with Michigan House Speaker Jason Wentworth.
The debate over the state s supplemental budget and billions of dollars in federal COVID relief funding is continuing in Lansing. The Republican-led House and Senate have passed their budget proposals. There are significant differences from Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s plan.
State House Speaker
Jason Wentworth (R-Clare), joined Michigan Radio s Doug Tribou on
Morning Edition to share his thoughts on the plan, and his work on ethics and transparecny reform in the state Legislature.
Doug Tribou: The Republican budget proposal ties the release of more than $840 million in federal K-12 school funding to the enactment of another bill that would take away the state health department s ability to shut down schools or sporting events. Instead, it would give that power to local health departments. Is it good government to tie coronavirus relief to stripping powers from the state in the midst of a global
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Government transparency and ethics groups are excited about the prospect of lame ducks on their last legs.
There’s movement at the state Capitol toward putting limits on the Legislature’s lame duck session. That’s the time just after an even-year election that often sees hundreds of bills passed, often in the dead of night and with little review.
As part of the weekly series MichMash, WDET’s Jake Neher and Slate’s Cheyna Roth talk about why transparency activists are excited about curbing the chaos of lame duck.
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It’s a time when many people are term-limited or they just lost an election, and they don’t have a lot of accountability to voters. It’s almost universally despised because it causes controversial bills to be rushed through in a short amount of time, with little chance of debate or legitimate oversight. That’s especially true when a political party is losing either the governor’s office or a cha