Matt Hall https://www.wcmu.org/tags/matt-hall Matt Hall en-US Copyright Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:05:00 GMT Michigan House Speaker wants to require supermajority votes to pass bills in lame duck https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-03-17/michigan-house-speaker-wants-to-require-supermajority-votes-to-pass-bills-in-lame-duck House Speaker Matt Hall says passing bills during lame duck sessions — when new legislators have been elected but haven't yet taken office — should require bipartisan compromise. Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:05:00 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-03-17/michigan-house-speaker-wants-to-require-supermajority-votes-to-pass-bills-in-lame-duck Rick Pluta Hall promotes supplemental budget, policy plan, rules out remaining work projects https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-03-04/hall-promotes-supplemental-budget-policy-plan-rules-out-remaining-work-projects The Michigan House approved a more than $152 million spending bill Monday to work on runways at Michigan’s Selfridge Air National Guard” base.The base is expecting federally-funded construction to support a new fighter mission that President Donald Trump announced last year.Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Twp) said he fears that mission won’t actually happen if the work isn’t done before Trump leaves office. Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:48:37 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-03-04/hall-promotes-supplemental-budget-policy-plan-rules-out-remaining-work-projects Colin Jackson Michigan House Speaker slams public record reform: ‘We’re not doing FOIA’ https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-11-12/michigan-house-speaker-slams-public-record-reform-were-not-doing-foia Michigan is one of only two states that fully exempts lawmakers and the governor’s office from FOIA. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:12:06 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-11-12/michigan-house-speaker-slams-public-record-reform-were-not-doing-foia Jordyn Hermani, Bridge Michigan Former state health director to receive more then $155,000 payout https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2021-03-02/former-state-health-director-to-receive-more-then-155-000-payout Governor Gretchen Whitmer's administration will pay the former director of the state's health department more than 155 thousand dollars.The governor's… Tue, 02 Mar 2021 20:53:45 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2021-03-02/former-state-health-director-to-receive-more-then-155-000-payout Lauren Talley