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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. It's 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 their behalf, as opposed to on the behalf of special interests.” That’s why we former political...
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 of Commerce, Bob LaBrant had filed a complaint arguing that Michigan Citizens for Fiscal Responsibili...