Republicans say they are setting processes in place for a commission to oversee political redistricting, as well as reforms such as same-day voting. Proponents suspect an ulterior motive.
2018 Michigan lame duck
Posted inMichigan Government
How divisive is Michigan lame duck? Dems and GOP can’t even agree on puppies
A bill working its way through the Legislature would stop local communities from banning the sale of puppies at pet stores – puppies that animal rights groups say sometimes come from puppy mills.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Michigan Republican Senator: I’m no anti-environmental villain
Sen. Tom Casperson, the powerful Michigan Republican behind a slew of bills to deregulate the environment, calls himself a champion of private property rights and disagrees with his portrayal in news media.
Posted inMichigan Government
Michigan GOP moves bills that foes say will weaken incoming Democrats’ power
Republican-introduced legislation would create a new bipartisan commission responsible for campaign finance regulation, removing the power from the Secretary of State’s office.
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Michigan GOP to public unions: Recertify every two years or die
A fast-tracked bill pushed by Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof resembles a policy gaining steam by a conservative free-market group. Workers deserve choices, he says.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Michigan Senate approves plan to preserve Line 5 before foes take office
Gov. Rick Snyder cleared a hurdle in his race to lock-in a plan to swap out twin pipelines beneath the Straits of Mackinac and protect them in a bedrock tunnel.
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Michigan minimum wage, sick leave bills dismantled. Will Gov. Snyder sign?
The bills passed Tuesday in the House gut laws to raise Michigan’s minimum wage and require employers to offer paid sick leave. One prominent lawmaker says governor has promised to sign the bills.
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Lame duck Michigan legislators aim to shape redistricting over protests
Supporters of the group behind Michigan’s new redistricting commission are livid over a bill that would define political party affiliations for the new system.
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Opinion | Bill to grade Michigan schools A-to-F is a horrible idea
The co-president of the State Board of Education takes a meat cleaver to a bill that would grade schools like they were fifth-graders.
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On wild day, Michigan lawmakers move to give themselves lawsuit power
Amid protests and a bomb scare, Republican lawmakers advance a bill to allow the Legislature to intervene in lawsuits.
