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LANSING (WXYZ) â As trust in elected leaders nears an all-time low, some lawmakers in Michigan are fighting measures that would lift our state from the bottom of rankings for ethics and transparency.
Today, 48 states require their elected leaders to provide some form of financial disclosure, where lawmakers reveal sources of outside income, significant investments and property ownership.
The disclosures are intended to reveal conflicts-of-interest among lawmakers and discourage members from voting for or introducing legislation that could benefit them.
âThereâs a reason that 48 states have this,â said Sen. Jim Runestad, a Republican from White Lake. âThereâs a reason, and itâs that thereâs too much dirty dealing that can be done.â
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Ohio can rein in the corrupting influence of dark money if the legislature acts
General Assembly members from both political parties know perfectly well what needs to be done about “dark money” in Ohio politics: Identify the people behind it. Then, the source of that money will no longer be “dark” but rather transparent, for all Ohioans to see and know.
But, because some of those dark dollars often, dark millions of dollars end up greasing policies key lawmakers want, the Ohio legislature has shown no appetite to do anything about it.
That needs to change.
House Bill 6 the nuclear bailout law whose 2019 passage was allegedly underwritten by $60 million in dark money is Exhibit A for why this is critical. If it weren’t for federal criminal charges, Ohioans would still be in the dark.
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers: The unknown King The Toledo Blade Jan. 18 It may come as a shock to realize that, had he not been assassinated in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., could still be alive today. He would have turned 92 last week. He was a young man when he died. He was 26 when he led the successful Montgomery bus boycott following Rosa Parks’ famous arrest; 34 when he made his “I have a.