Flint emergency manager 'conferring' with city unions
Flint’s emergency manager is talking with city unions. The talks may be critical to coming up with a way to solve the city’s multi-million dollar budget deficit.Flint Emergency Manager Michael Brown...
View ArticleMichigan primary politics: "Why can't I quit you?"
On Fridays Rick Pluta and I have been taking a look at politics in the state. But, before we could really get into our main topic of the week – state ballot proposals - we had a confession to make:...
View ArticleRequiring paid signature collectors to wear ID in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan could require people paid to collect signatures for a ballot drive to wear an ID badge.Legislation to be considered by a House committee Tuesday would require the ID to...
View ArticleIn this morning's news: Dillion's campaign funds, Snyder in the UP, and...
Andy Dillion's campaign funds in disarray “Michigan election officials are declining to allow the closing of a fund from state Treasurer Andy Dillon's 2010 race for governor because of $105,000 that...
View ArticleGoverning Michigan – a part-time job?
Michigan voters could see a question on the November ballot this year asking them to make the state Legislature part-time.The Committee to Restore Michigan’s Part-Time Legislature has turned in...
View ArticleActivist groups complain that Michigan Legislature circumvents petition...
A coalition of activist groups is trying to make an issue of the Legislature passing laws to bypass petition drives and ballot measures.The groups say Republicans at the state Capitol have circumvented...
View ArticleEffort to recall Gov. Snyder moving toward home stretch
Time is running out for the petition drive to recall Governor Rick Snyder.A spokesman says the Stop Snyder petition drive has collected around 400,000 signatures.
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