MichMash: State House Speaker Matt Hall wants more H.E.A.T. and less ‘pork’
Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall makes his MichMash debut this week to share his take on recent events involving the Michigan legislature.
Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall joins MichMash, November 2025.
Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall makes his MichMash debut this week to share his take on recent events involving the Michigan legislature. In this episode, he joins hosts Cheyna Roth and Zach Gorchow to talk about funding, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, the state budget, Republican candidates for governor and more.
Bringing the H.E.A.T.
Speaker Hall says his H.E.A.T. plan (short for the Hall Ethics, Accountability and Transparency plan) aims to bring more transparency to spending in the legislature. He says that people need to know where money from the state budget is going.
“Let’s get public documents a long time in advance that tells us what is the public purpose, what is the project, so we can look into these ‘pork’ spending projects and say which ones are good and which ones are bad,” Hall said.
Republican candidates for governor
Hall also spoke about the current candidates for governor. He said that there were a lot of strong republican contenders, but he also complimented independent candidate Mike Duggan.
“Mike Duggan and I get along very well,” Hall said. “I’ve done many deals with him. The Public Safety Trust fund… We have a great relationship. But he’s more of a democrat than a republican.”
The Michigan gubernatorial elections will be held on Nov. 3, 2026.
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