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Top 25 Takers: These Michigan lawmakers accepted the most free meals, trips from lobbyists

Over the last 20 years or so, lobbyists reported spending more than $6.3 million on meals and travel for lawmakers and state officials. Eye On Michigan reviewed the 17,500 transactions that transpired between influencers and legislators from 2001, the first year for which data was available, to 2023, the last full year for which data is available. 

MICHIGAN

Michigan lawmakers feast and fly for free, but the system for tracking freebies is broken

Lobbyists spent millions wining and dining state officials in Michigan, but it is impossible to determine how many freebies lawmakers accepted because the state's system for tracking what influencers give to legislators is flawed, rife with loopholes and relies on the honor system, a year-long Eye On Michigan investigation reveals. 

MSU

MSU pitches new divestment deal

A year into contentious debates about endowment holdings tied to Israel, Michigan State University’s board has opted to create a bureaucratic process by which activists can voice concerns about the portfolio. Yet student advocates for divestment see the new committee merely as an attempt to placate students.