LANSING - The Michigan Legislature has acted to revise reporting schedules for political action committees (PACs) and independent expenditure committees (superPACs), so that all PACs, including those of the legislative caucuses, are on a shared reporting schedule. Senate Bill 571 eliminates February... read more

posted on 12/17/2015

SuperPACs, party administrative accounts and political nonprofit corporations outspent candidates' campaign committees in Michigan's most contested political campaigns of 2014. Details are contained in the Citizen's Guide to Michigan Campaign Finance 2014. read more

posted on 11/16/2015

The Board of Directors of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network (MCFN) is seeking an individual for the position of Executive Director. The Network is a Lansing, Michigan based non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to achieving campaign finance reform in Michigan. Additional information... read more

posted on 11/09/2015

Michigan ranks 50th among the states in the 2015 State Intergity Investigation from the Center for Public Integrity. read more

posted on 11/09/2015

While legislators make the "sausage" of rewriting state energy policy, electricity interests have given officeholders' political committees more than $500,000 since November 2014. See who has given what to whom. read more

posted on 11/08/2015

Michigan's top 150 state political pction committees raised $14.9 million from January 1 through October 20, 2015. Check the list to see which PACs have real throw weight. read more

posted on 10/28/2015

Lansing lobbyists spent $21 million in the first seven months of 2015. Lobbying reports fail to reveal much of what citizens need to know to hold state government accountable read more

posted on 09/22/2015

LANSING - Michigan legislators have raised more than $2.1 million for their campaign accounts since November 25th, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Michigan Bureau of Elections today. Thirty-five senators reported raising $661,017, an average of $18,886, while 107 representati... read more

posted on 07/27/2015

Michigan has a record of dark money spending in elections for offices related to the administration of justice like no other state in the union. A new report from the Michigan Campaign Finance Network shows the record, and examples of the dark money electioneering communications that are undermining public trust and confidence in the impartial administration of justice. read more

posted on 06/24/2015

LANSING - Proponents of Michigan's Proposal 1 of 2015 have a wide financial advantage over committees opposed to the proposal. Records filed with the Michigan Bureau of Elections for contributions made through April 23 to the proponents' committee, Safe Roads Yes, show that the committee has raised ... read more

posted on 04/27/2015

LANSING - Michigan's top 150 political action committees (PACs) collectively raised more than $68 million in the period from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2014, smashing the previous record of $51.9 million for a corresponding list of state PACs that had stood since the 2006 election cycle. ... read more

posted on 02/23/2015

LANSING - Reported spending by Michigan lobbyists totaled $37,038,329 in 2014, according to reports filed with the Michigan Department of State that have been compiled by the Michigan Campaign Finance Network. That amount is up by 4.1 percent compared to reported lobbying expenditures from 2013, ... read more

posted on 02/17/2015