Call it the story that won’t go away. The Michigan political world was surprised this May when a long-time Democrat, state Rep. Roy Schmidt of Grand Rapids, changed his party affiliation in the last minutes of the filing period for re-election to his House seat. The circumstances of that change brought to the public’s attention […]
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Tallying up the Snyder administration
Rick Snyder took office in January 2011 as Michigan faced yet another budget deficit and as plenty of citizens wondered whether state government could act with alacrity. Armed with large Republican majorities in both chambers of the Legislature, and aided by a good economic tailwind, Snyder rushed through the first six months of his term […]
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Snyder puts end to 'moderate' tag
Gongwer just reported that Gov. Rick Snyder has signed the legislation that bars local governments from making their own decisions on whether to offer benefits to adult partners of their employees. (No link; Gongwer is paywall protected.) He did this even though he said he didn’t want the bill to apply to universities and some […]
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Nelson invigorated by challenge of DHS caseloads
Cindy Nelson doesn’t take work home with her in the traditional sense, but it doesn’t mean that work — and the people and their tear-jerking stories that comprise it — just sits at the office waiting for her to return at 8 a.m. Even though she has been promoted from off the front line and into a […]