House and Senate find common ground amid financial disclosure system frustrations

Whitmer signs bills to extend elected official asset disclosure deadline - WDET 101.9 FM

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed bills Wednesday to give state officials another month to file asset and financial disclosure reports as the state tries to fix its filing website. Without the new law, the filing deadline would be Thursday and many officials would be in violation. “Michiganders deserve to know how their government is working for them,” Whitmer said in a statement released by her office. “That’s why I’m proud to sign Senate Bills 99 a…

House and Senate find common ground amid financial disclosure system frustrations

Michigan Capitol | Susan J. DemasDuring his weekly media briefing, Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) continued to air grievances with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson over the Department of State’s new financial disclosure portal. However, that frustration, and a looming disclosure deadline, proved to be the catalyst needed for the Republican-led House and the Democratic-led Senate to temporarily break a monthslong…

Jocelyn Benson's dysfunctional website forces legislators to delay transparency - The Midwesterner

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s bungled campaign finance website is making it impossible for lawmakers to comply with the Michigan Constitution, so they took action this week to make things right. House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland Twp., and Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks, D-Grand Rapids, negotiated over a Zoom meeting this week to address a […]

Michigan voters will have to wait a little longer for politicians' financial disclosures - Finnoexpert

Michigan voters who passed a ballot proposal in 2022 requiring politicians to disclose information about their finances that can reveal potential conflicts of interest will have to wait a little longer after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation extending the filing deadline. The deadline extension from May 15 to June 13 followed the Secretary of State office’s rocky rollout of a new online system for lobby filings, campaign finance reports a…