Whitmer: Michigan needs to fix lobbying ‘loopholes’

December 16, 2022
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday said Michigan needs to “look at loopholes” in lobbying policies that arguably contributed to concerns that House Speaker Lee Chatfield improperly used his lobbying and campaign donor connections to fund lavish travel. The Attorney General’s office is investigating the Republican former Speaker and that investigation involves other “high level” state officials, lobbyists and governmental appointees, according to a public transcript of a November court hearing. “I don’t even know how to phrase it, to be honest. Scandal? alleged?” Whitmer said. “. . . I also know that there’s probably a lot of stuff none of


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