Matt Hall

House Speaker Matt Hall says passing bills during lame duck sessions — when new legislators have been elected but haven't yet taken office — should require bipartisan compromise.

The Michigan House approved a more than $152 million spending bill Monday to work on runways at Michigan’s Selfridge Air National Guard” base.The base is expecting federally-funded construction to support a new fighter mission that President Donald Trump announced last year.Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Twp) said he fears that mission won’t actually happen if the work isn’t done before Trump leaves office.

Michigan is one of only two states that fully exempts lawmakers and the governor’s office from FOIA.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer's administration will pay the former director of the state's health department more than 155 thousand dollars.The governor's…