by Jonathan Oosting, The Detroit News April 29, 2019 Lansing — A blockbuster ruling in a federal gerrymandering case sets up a potential clash between Michigan’s strictest-in-the-nation term limits law and the call for redrawn districts that would force new elections. The ruling may upend Michigan politics heading into the 2020 elections and force some state […]
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MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #48 — Interview with Pulitzer Prizewinner Sonia Nazario on Crisis at the U.S. Southern Border
PODCAST: Macomb Co. Craziness/Gerrymandering Gymnastics/Aggravating the A.G.
4/26/19 Three-judge federal panel rules MI’s Congressional and legislative districts have been gerrymandered since 2011 and that new lines must be drawn by August 1. Senate Majority Leader Shirkey hints on radio that impeachment of A.G. Nessel is not out of the question. Interview with Chad Selweski, who discussed Macomb County politics, including the […]
PULITZER PRIZEWINNER TELLS US HOW TO ‘SOLVE’ U.S. BORDER CRISIS
We’ve got to try something new and different, even if it takes awhile. The results are bound to be more effective and less costly than what we’ve been doing for the past three decades. That’s what author/journalist Sonia Nazario told an audience at Mott Community College in Flint on Tuesday. “Immigration is a wedge issue. […]
FLINT-BORN ARTS PATRONESS, FRIEND OF KENNEDYS DEAD AT AGE 99
Jayne Wrightsman, New York’s Most Glamorous Arts Benefactor, Is Dead at 99 APRIL 21, 2019 Photographed by Cecil Beaton, Vogue, 1960 Jayne Wrightsman, one of New York City’s best-dressed philanthropists and benefactors of the arts, has passed away at 99. She died on Saturday in her home in Manhattan. Wrightsman was born in Flint, Michigan, as […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #47 — Gas Tax Troubles/Planned Parenthood Purge
PODCAST: Barr Ballistics/Electricians Electrified/Gas Tax Gastritis
4/18/19 New poll for NECA and IBEW 252 and 665 shows unionized workers are highly valued, especially electricians. Another survey reveals MI voters don’t like Gov. Whitmer’s proposed 45-cents-per-gallon gas tax hike. They’re also in a grumpy mood about the direction of the country and the State of MI. However, that doesn’t mean that they’re […]
GOP WOMEN NEED MORE THAN TRUMPERWARE PARTIES, BUT IT’S A START, SAYS BALLENGER
Mar-a-Lago mimosas? It’s on menu with Women for Trump by Beth LeBlanc, The Detroit News April 16, 2019 Republican women for President Trump, wearing Make America Great Again hats, give a thumbs up during the Style Show at the Trumperware event in Flushing. (Photo: Max Ortiz, The Detroit News) Flushing — Red was the color du […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #46 — Trump Ambassadors/Broken Court Funding System/Wolf Hunting
PODCAST: Capitol Reconfiguration/Texas Travels/Presidential Perquisites
4/12/19 State Capitol Commission forges ahead with construction of Heritage Hall, a 54,000 square foot underground addition to the state Capitol in Lansing that may take more than two years to complete. Dennis Denno returns from his 1,200-mile weekend Texas road trip, where he saw the Houston Space Center, the site of JFK’s assassination, and […]