The House on Thursday unanimously approved bills that would open the governor and lawmakers to public-records requests, but Scott said the legislation could enable legislative severance deals to be shielded if they were designated as caucus records.
Whitmer, ex-health director agree to waive confidentiality
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Lonnie Scott, executive director of Progress Michigan, which requested the legislative information and plans a ballot initiative to open both lawmakers and the governor to FOIA requests, said the “Legislature needs to get their house in order before they can claim to take any sort of moral high ground on this issue.”
Legislature had over $600K in confidential severance deals
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