by michiganff | Feb 26, 2021 | Blog
Governor Whitmer made headlines last weekend declaring a propane energy emergency in the state of Michigan because of low temperatures that caused real energy problems in a lot of other states. The problem with her order, though, is that according to the state’s...
by michiganff | Feb 19, 2021 | Blog
Last June, my friends at the Honest Elections Project and I took Jocelyn Benson to court and this week we held her accountable. Our federal lawsuit sought to force the Secretary of State to comply with the National Voter Registration Act. We presented...
by michiganff | Feb 18, 2021 | Blog
This column originally appeared in The Detroit News. “A popular government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy; or, perhaps both.” – James Madison, 1822. One wonders what the father of our...
by michiganff | Feb 12, 2021 | Blog
The bombshell exploded late Thursday. An aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo admitted to lawmakers on a video conference call that the state covered up the number of nursing home deaths from COVID-19 in order to avoid prosecution over their disastrous...
by michiganff | Feb 5, 2021 | Blog
There’s a simmering transparency crisis at the state Capitol, and the press is turning up the heat. Late in January, the Detroit Free Press reported that high ranking members of the Michigan State Police were caught using a third party app on their state...