LANSING - Administration and legislative officials have been meeting continuously on proposed executive order budget cuts and as soon as the different sides reach an agreement, Governor Jennifer Granholm will issue a letter informing the Legislature that the cuts are being issued, but the Senate leader said Thursday that his chamber will take up the
LANSING - Legislation providing early voting in Michigan, which languished in committee since testimony was taken earlier this year, may see some action this week in the House. HB 4090 , which requires clerks to be open for voting a week before each election, is expected to be reported out of the House Ethics and
LANSING - Governor Jennifer Granholm will be in Philadelphia next week for a National Governors Association meeting where President-elect Barack Obama will talk with the state leaders about the challenges they face in the current economic environment. Vice President-elect Joe Biden will also be at the meeting Tuesday. Obama officials said the topic will be
LIVONIA - Michigan's now 16-year experiment with term limits is a major reason for divisive politics in the state and endangers its future, former Governor William Milliken said at a dinner in his honor. But he raised hopes that the election of Barack Obama as America's next president is a signal that the public is
LANSING - Michigan faces further economic calamity if it does not significantly boost spending on transportation, contends a report from the state's Transportation Funding Task Force, which listed a series of proposed tax changes and increases, along with improved government efficiencies, that it said would boost funding on the state's transport system. There was no
LANSING - In the ebb and flow of political cycles, the Michigan Republican Party had one of its historic lows on Tuesday, even losing its advantage in the Supreme Court as a Barack Obama-led Democratic ticket scored a series of victories up and down the ticket. Democrats had greater overall resources, for the second straight
LANSING - The head of the recall effort against House Speaker Andy Dillon (D-Redford) has just said there appears no way for the recall to be successful. Leon Drolet, executive director of the Michigan Taxpayer Alliance, said given the returns in the Republican enclaves of Dearborn Heights it appears Mr. Dillon had enough support to
DETROIT - Publius and the League of Women Voters of Michigan announced today the launch of the Publius Voter Guide for the November 4 election. Publius.org remains Michigan's most informative online voter education guide. This partnership brings together the technology of Publius with the experience of League of Women Voters of Michigan. At Publius.Org Michigan
LANSING - Michigan is virtually the only state among 15 large and medium-sized states in the United States to have not seen significant drops in revenues in the last full fiscal quarter, a national group that studies state budgets said Monday, but in part that is because Michigan has already dealt with reduced revenues through
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corp. is pumping money into seven companies and backing two downtown brownfield redevelopment projects that Gov. Jennifer Granholm says will create 7,556 new jobs, retain 86 jobs and generate over $489.2 million in new investment in the state. "Despite these tough economic times, our aggressive economic strategy is generating