House Dems use secretive money to outsource communications to group with ties to special interests
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State Rep. Donna Lasinski, D-Scio Township, speaks at a clean water town hall in Scio Township on March 7, 2019. (Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News)
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For months, Michigan House Democrats have used secret funding sources to pay an outside public relations firm to run communications while leaving key internal positions unfilled, an unusual arrangement that some say raises ethical red flags.
Under the Michigan Legislature’s current structure, each of the four legislative caucuses the majority and minority parties in both chambers has a publicly-funded budget for a central communications staff that answers to caucus leadership.
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