10/25/19 Reminiscences about former Gov. Milliken, who died last week. Denno Research survey yield some surprising results. MI legislators seem serious about getting a proposal to modify the state’s term limits law on the ballot, but many hurdles stand in their way. Interview with CMU Professor Sterling Johnson on impeachment. Partners with www.DeadlineDetroit.com. https://soundcloud.com/user-595768561/milliken-mourningsizzling-surveysterminating-term-limits/s-YGwOp
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PODCAST: Milliken Mourning/Sizzling Surveys/Terminating Term Limits
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #73 — Interviews with Journalist Dawson Bell & Pollster Jenell Leonard
PODCAST: Restoring Trust/Vaping Vacuum/Lapsing Legislators
10/17/19 Spate of state lawmakers convicted of crimes and expelled from Legislature over past four years is an all-time record. Gov. Whitmer and GOP Legislative Leaders Continue to meet on FY 2020 budget. Judge slaps down emergency order banning scented vaping products. Interview with state Senator Curtis Hertel, Jr. (D-E. Lansing). Partners with www.DeadlineDetroit.com. https://soundcloud.com/user-595768561/restoring-trustvaping-vacuumlapsing-legislators/s-5Bfs6 […]
LEGENDARY FREE PRESS COLUMNIST HUGH McDIARMID IS GONE. CAN WE EVER FORGET HIM?
Not as long as anyone immersed in Lansing politics and government is still alive. McDiarmid, retired for nearly two decades, died at age 84 on Saturday in a metro Detroit hospital of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. As his former Detroit Free Press colleague Dawson Bell wrote in an encomium this past week-end, “McDiarmid was an […]
PODCAST: Supplemental Surprises/Scoring School Choice/Enjoying Jack Daniel’s
10/11/19 Budget wars heat up again with bills introduced to restore funds cut by Gov. Whitmer and/or possible veto override votes. National poll shows surprising support among Dem. voters for K-12 education choice, including charter schools. Interview with Dave Woodward, Chair of the Oakland Co. Board of Commissioners. Denno field trip to Kentucky and Tennessee […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #72 — Interviews with MSU Professor Matt Grossman & Longtime Legislative Counsel Bruce Timmons
WHY DON’T DEMOCRATS USE RECALL TO CHANGE U.S. SENATE JURORS IN A TRUMP IMPEACHMENT TRIAL?
Remember McCain-Feingold? Sure you do. At one time (like, 2002), it was the THE “ultimate” in campaign finance reform law in these United States. It’s largely history now, eviscerated by court decisions, the rapid evolution of campaign financing, and some unintended consequences of the law itself. The “Feingold” was Russ Feingold — a rock star […]
FRIDAY MORNING PODCAST: Beyond-belief Budget Battle/Interview with Oakland Co. Board of Commissioners Chairman Dave Woodward
Governor Leans On Lobbyists to Pull Her Fat Out of the Fire with GOP Legislators
Whitmer’s office to lobbyists: Pressure GOP if you want your vetoed items back by CHAD LIVENGOOD Politics, Policy and Detroit Rising Crain’s Detroit Business Oct. 7, 2019 Photo: Larry Peplin for Crain’s Detroit Business LANSING, MI — Governor Gretchen Whitmer summoned a large group of multi-client lobbyists to a meeting with her aides after […]