Complaint: utility-backed group in Michigan violates tax, campaign laws

Energy News Network: A utility-backed nonprofit advocacy group playing an outsized role in Michigan’s primary election is violating federal tax and campaign finance laws, according to a complaint filed with the Internal Revenue Service.

Patrick Anderson, a tax policy expert and CEO of the Anderson Economic Group, filed the July 31 complaint against the tax-exempt “social welfare” group Citizens for Energizing Michigan’s Economy (CEME). The group has spent heavily in advertisements for and against statewide candidates, according to campaign finance groups.

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