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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's press secretary called for Rep. Rachelle Smit (R-Shelbyville) and Leader Matt Hall (R-Kalamazoo) to answer for proclamations "saluting" twin brothers whose "government – state and federal – betrayed" them when they were tried for assisting in the plot to kidnap Whitmer.

Legislators and statewide executives will need to publicly disclose their income and assets with the Secretary of State by April 15 under legislation introduced Tuesday afternoon and slated to be in front of a Senate committee on Wednesday (October 25).

Those watching the comings and goings of the state snapped to attention the other day when some of the House Democratic first-termers published their list of priority items for the rest of the fall session on social media.

Six bills rolling back 30 years of abortion restrictions put on the books by Republican majorities moved through a House committee Wednesday morning, but their future in the full chamber is dubious after one Democrat came out against them and others may as well.