10/2/19 Gov. Whitmer issues record number of line-item vetoes of budget bills, axing nearly $1 billion from state spending. She will meet with “The Quadrant” this week to see whether Rs will agree to reignite negotiations in order to get some of the veto money restored. U.S. Rep. Slotkin (D-MI 8) draws an opponent, Nikki […]
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DETROIT NEWS: Gov. Whitmer Created “Mess” Out of Thin Air
OPINION Editorial: Budget ‘mess’ is of Whitmer’s making The Detroit News Oct. 1, 2019 Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (Photo: Rick Egan, AP) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer justified her line-item vetoes and shifts of nearly $1.6 billion of the budget approved by lawmakers by claiming the Legislature is “broken” and she must act to protect taxpayers. But what Whitmer is doing is […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #70 — State Budget Crisis/Interview with state Senator Jon Bumstead (R-Newaygo)
PODCAST: Shutdown Showdown/Auto Insurance Insurrection/Recall Redivivus
9/26/19 Legislature finally sends FY 2020 budget to Gov. Whitmer, but nobody knows what she will do. VP Pence motorcade dominates headlines at GOP conclave on Mackinac Island. 2,500 opponents of auto insurance rate reform march on Capitol. Interview with MI House Minority Leader Christine Greig (D-Farmington Hills). Partners with www.DeadlineDetroit.com. https://soundcloud.com/user-595768561/shutdown-showdownauto-insurance-insurrectionrecall-redivivus
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #69 — Interviews with state Reps. Jason Sheppard (R-Lambertville) & Gary Eisen (R-St. Clair Twp) + Michigan GOP Co-Chair Terry Bowman on Mackinac Island
PODCAST: Budget Battle/Border Brouhaha/Bipartisan Ballistics
9/18/19 A special early edition of the Friday Morning Podcast. Gov. Whitmer asks legislative Republicans to send her their budget before they leave for Mackinac Island GOP conference this weekend, but they demur. Interview with U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI 6). Sponsored by www.DeadlineDetroit.com and www.Vanguard-PA.com. https://soundcloud.com/user-595768561/budget-battleborder-brouhahabipartisan-ballistics
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #68 — Interviews with state Reps. Matt Koleszar (D-Plymouth), Jack O’Malley (R-Lake Ann) & Graham Filler (R-DeWitt)
PODCAST: Continuing Capitol Consternation/Flouting Flavored Vaping/Municipal Misery
9/13/19 Gov. Whitmer backtracks on insistence that Legislature send her a FY 2020 budget that includes what she considers adequate funding to ‘Fix the Damn Roads,’ but does that mean the path to resolve differences she has with lawmakers by October 1 has gotten easier to negotiate? Apparently not, at least right away. Whitmer learns […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #67 — Interviews on Rising Great Lakes Water, Higher Education Funding & Campus Free Speech
PODCAST: Vaping Vetoes/Fiscal Frazzle/Opioid Obloquy
9/6/19 Gov. Whitmer issues emergency rules banning flavored vaping in MI. Rep. Larry Inman (R-Traverse City) returns to state House of Reps—and votes!—for first time in three months after being indicted on bribery charges. Interview with state Senator Peter Lucido (R-Shelby Township) on a variety of topics, including his own political ambitions. Sponsored by […]