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What To Expect On The Last Day Of Lame Duck

Income and sales tax revenues plummeted during the coronavirus pandemic. Now, the state faces a two-fold problem—how to avoid cuts before this fiscal year ends, and what to do about the projected shortfalls next year.
Reginald Hardwick
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WKAR-MSU

It's the last day of the state legislature's lame duck session. Capital Correspondent Cheyna Roth talks about controversial bills on the table such as limiting the power of the incoming Democratic Attorney General and another bill to make it harder to initiate ballot drives.

Roth also discusses the impacts of some envrionmental bills as well as the approval to replace a section of the Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac.

We also get a preview of what to expect on this last day of session. 

Before becoming the newest Capitol reporter for Michigan Public Radio Network, Cheyna Roth was an attorney. She spent her days fighting it out in court as an assistant prosecuting attorney for Ionia County.
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