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Government transparency and ethics groups are excited about the prospect of lame ducks on their last legs.
There’s movement at the state Capitol toward putting limits on the Legislature’s lame duck session. That’s the time just after an even-year election that often sees hundreds of bills passed, often in the dead of night and with little review.
As part of the weekly series MichMash, WDET’s Jake Neher and Slate’s Cheyna Roth talk about why transparency activists are excited about curbing the chaos of lame duck.
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It’s a time when many people are term-limited or they just lost an election, and they don’t have a lot of accountability to voters. It’s almost universally despised because it causes controversial bills to be rushed through in a short amount of time, with little chance of debate or legitimate oversight. That’s especially true when a political party is losing either the governor’s office or a cha