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New transparency bills in the Michigan House would stop lawmakers from immediately becoming lobbyists after their term—and tighten rules around gifts lawmakers and staff receive. Colin Jackson has more.
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A resiliency center to help those feeling the effects of last year’s mass shooting at Michigan State University is scheduled to open next week. Colin Jackson has more.
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Bills before a Michigan House committee aim to give sexual assault survivors rights to have support during the investigation process. Colin Jackson has more.
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Survivors of child sexual abuse are continuing to call on state lawmakers to extend the statute of limitations for criminal sexual conduct involving minor victims. Colin Jackson has more.
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Legislation to end the statute of limitations for some cases of criminal sexual conduct passed out of a Michigan House committee Tuesday. Colin Jackson has more.
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Republican-sponsored bills to limit the state executive branch’s emergency powers made it out of the Michigan House Oversight Committee on Tuesday. Colin Jackson has more.
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A Republican-led state House committee held its first hearing Wednesday on bills to rein in executive branch crisis management powers, including the ability to issue sweeping emergency orders like the ones used by Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to address the COVID-19 crisis. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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Republicans and Democrats on a joint House and Senate legislative committee are deadlocked on absentee ballot rules. The result is those rules will almost certainly not be ready for the upcoming 2022 elections. And that means clerks and election boards could be left without guidance on specific standards to determine who should be allowed to vote. Rick Pluta reports.
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A bill to cut income taxes and let people over the age of 62 claim certain exemptions made it out of a state House committee Thursday. Colin Jackson has more.
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There’s a new fight over voting rules at the state Capitol. A Republican-led committee returned proposed voting regulations Wednesday to Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s office and asked her agency to re-submit new rules. Rick Pluta reports.