LANSING - Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder released Tuesday his plan to improve ethics in Lansing should be he be elected. Among his proposals is a ban on all gifts from lobbyists, a two-year "cooling off period" between holding elected or appointed office and registering as a lobbyist, a $5,000 limit on contributions to PACs,
LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm has been discussed for a number of appointments by President Barack Obama, and her name surfaced again as U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens officially announced he would retire later this year. Granholm has indicated the only possible reason she might not finish her term as governor is if
LANSING - The final bills in a legislative package to allow motorists to pay a $10 fee when they renew their annual vehicle registration to receive a permit to use any state park or boating access site are on their way to Gov. Jennifer Granholm. The Passport Bill, SB 389, passed last Thursday in the
LANSING - The Michigan Senate made a major change Thursday to legislation that would ban motorists from texting while driving as they made the violation a primary offense, allowing police to ticket drivers for texting without having to first pull them over for committing another infraction. What made the move so surprising is that the
DETROIT - While saying the state has to vote for a change of leadership, former Governor John Engler said in several radio interviews that state government and Gov. Jennifer Granholm could not have blocked much of what happened to the state during the economic downturn. But he also said the state and the United States
ANN ARBOR ? The supporters of GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder who voted on his web site for the "Grindstone" advertisement will reap their reward Wednesday. That's when the ad is scheduled to begin airing statewide and run for more than a week, said Snyder campaign spokesperson Jake Suski. Snyder launched a contest on his
LANSING - Agriculture has been hit by the state's economic struggles, but that means falling to only single-digit growth instead of the double digits it had seen in some recent years, Agriculture Director Don Koivisto told Gongwer News Service in a recent interview. The state's farmers and food processors are poised for more growth as
LANSING - Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder said Friday that he did not remember whether the Gateway Board of Directors, while he was a member, voted on the company's decision to outsource a portion of its U.S. operations to China. Snyder, Gateway's former CEO, said on Michigan Public Television's "Off the Record" that the company
LANSING - Lawmakers, the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and secretary of state would be banned from directly or indirectly applying for state grants and it would be a misdemeanor for candidates or their campaign staff to accept donations on state property under a two-bill ethics package passed by the House on Wednesday. The legislation
LANSING - The single best thing the state can do to increase the number of jobs is to get rid of the Michigan Business Tax surcharge, House Republicans said Tuesday, and a phaseout of that should include capping the state's economic development credits and expanding who is eligible to receive them. House Republicans outlined that