MichMash: Michigan AG discusses legal challenges to Trump, open US Senate seat
Plus, Gongwer News Service’s Alethia Kasben and Zach Gorchow break down a plan introduced by the governor’s office this week to “fix the damn roads.”
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel appears on WDET's state politics podcasts, "MichMash."
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer coined the phrase “Fix the damn roads” while on the campaign trail in 2018. But as she reaches the end of her term, how does the governor plan on getting the job done? This week on MichMash, Gongwer News Service’s Alethia Kasben and Zach Gorchow break down a comprehensive plan introduced by the governor’s office this week.
Also, Alethia sits down with Attorney General Dana Nessel to discuss the halt to President Donald Trump’s federal employee “buyout” offer.
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In this episode:
- Breaking down Whitmer’s “Mi Road Ahead” plan
- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s attempt to halt the Trump administration’s federal employee “buyout” offer
- Nessel’s disagreement with how the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is running
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rurEPQC3ZfI
Whitmer on Monday introduced the “Mi Road Ahead” plan to “fix the damn roads” — a promise the Democratic governor has echoed since making it an integral part of her 2018 gubernatorial campaign.
Kasben says the plan is “significant and kinda wonky. The governor is agreeing to — for the first time — a long held Republican proposal that every tax that we pay at the pump should go to roads,” she said. “This can get a little sticky though that [funding] goes to schools and local governments and Democrats do not want to take funding away from schools.”
Michigan residents pay a 6% sales tax on our fuel purchases that goes towards schools and local governments. Whitmer suggested that they wouldn’t be affected by this switch.
Attorney General Dana Nessel was also on the podcast this week. Nessel has joined several AG’s across the country in an effort to halt the Trump administration’s federal employee ‘buyout’ offer.
She also discussed her dissatisfaction with the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, stating that “virtually everything” about the department is illegal.
“You have a situation where Elon Musk is making all of these decisions. Here is a person who hasn’t been vetted or has done a background check. He hasn’t submitted what most federal employees have to do, which is a financial disclosure report showing all of his many conflicts of interests,” she said.
Nessel said Musk’s position is a violation of the appointment clause of the U.S. Constitution.
More from WDET:
- Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans
- Benson opens inquiry into Elon Musk-related PAC
- Nessel taking steps to protect DACA recipients in Michigan
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