House bill seeks to reinstate 'guardrails' by limiting regulations to federal standards - The Midwesterner

House bill seeks to reinstate 'guardrails' by limiting regulations to federal standards - The Midwesterner

Not long ago, Michigan bureaucrats were prohibited from enacting more stringent rules than federal regulations. But the ban was jettisoned after Gretchen Whitmer and a Democratic government trifecta swept into power in the 2022 election, re-electing not only the state’s top offices—Secretary of State, Governor, and Attorney General—but also electing Democratic majorities in the state House and Senate. What was viewed by business groups and Repub…