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Three bills that require legislators or executive officials from registering as a lobbyist for two years after leaving office and ban sitting legislators from registering as lobbyists in other states passed the House on Thursday with more than 90 votes each.

Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) insinuated during a press conference on Thursday that SB 1 and SB 2 that subject the governor’s office and state Legislature to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in some cases are dead.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Tuesday started her first economic trip to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to discuss Michigan's aerospace and defense industries and have a roundtable with women leadership in the United States and the Middle East.

A well-traveled ethics proposal that puts a stick in the revolving door between legislating and lobbying was brought back on Thursday by Rep. Mark Tisdel (R-Rochester) and appears to be set to move in the House.

An organic gathering of roughly 1,000 people crowded around the Capitol steps Wednesday to publicly reject President Donald Trump, his slew of executive orders, tariffs and verbal proclamations.