campaign finance

A state lawmaker could be in trouble for failing to explain thousands of dollars in expenditures by his campaign committee.The Detroit Free Press reports…

Gov. Rick Snyder this week signed off on legislation that expands campaign donation limits for certain types of donors. Moreover, the "Citizens United"…

Republicans in Lansing hit the gas pedal to pass legislation that could greatly increase corporate and special interest spending on political campaigns.…

Republicans in Lansing worked at a breakneck speed Tuesday to pass legislation that would allow politicians in Michigan to solicit campaign contributions…

I’ve been talking to legislators and congressmen for a long time, and know something about lawmakers in the past as well. There are some ways in which I…

The Michigan Senate yesterday passed legislation that could vastly increase corporate and special interest spending on campaigns.Vicki Barnett, a former…

It’s been seven years since the U.S. Supreme Court said corporations and labor unions can spend as much money as they want on political campaigns.The…

According to new campaign finance disclosures, Quicken Loans spent more on lobbying state government in the first seven months of 2017 than it had spent…

The advocacy group Common Cause has filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission and the Department of Justice against Robert Ritchie, better…

Michigan’s lobbyists have given $3.7 million to politicians at the state level since 2012.That’s the total calculated by the Michigan Campaign Finance…