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CHINESE INVADE MICHIGAN POLITICS

May 7, 2023 by tbreport 10 Comments

Question 1): As Michigan continues to lose market share in gross national product (GNP) as well as population, other countries are ready to move into the Great Lakes State seeking economic opportunity. Some of these entries seem welcome, others not so much.Norway, everybody’s favorite country, is embraced. But China? A company called Gotion with ties […]

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A KENTUCKY DERBY PICK

April 30, 2023 by tbreport 4 Comments

A  KENTUCKY DERBY PICK The latest chapter in “The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports” is upon us again. YES! — this year’s Kentucky Derby, the 149th, will once again be telecast (on NBC) and simulcast in Michigan, this coming Saturday (May 6). Post time is supposed to be 6:57 p.m., but you can count on […]

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MICHIGAN POLITICS SCORECARD SO FAR THIS YEAR

April 23, 2023 by tbreport 9 Comments

Rating Democrats’ and Republican Performance in the Legislature; Does Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Need the GOP Anymore for Anything?; Who will win the Coming Battle over Tax Cuts and Who Deserves Credit for them? Question 1): Using an A to F scale, what grade do Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and legislative Democrats deserve for their performance so […]

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PRIMARY ELECTION OR CONVENTION — WHICH IS BETTER?

April 16, 2023 by tbreport 7 Comments

Question 1): Jonathan Oosting wrote an April 11 article in BRIDGE MICHIGAN describing how the Michigan Republican Party may replace its 2024 presidential primary with a closed caucus or convention that would allow only precinct delegates or vetted Republicans to participate. Oosting reported that state GOP Chair Kristina Karamo has said that no decisions have […]

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PRESIDENT FORD’S PARDON OF NIXON — WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?

April 9, 2023 by tbreport 2 Comments

AN ORDINARY MAN: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford, by Historian Richard Norton Smith, will be Published This Week  A long-anticipated biography of Gerald R. Ford — the only president to come out of Michigan — will be released in Grand Rapids this Tuesday, April 11, followed by a Lansing appearance […]

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BLOCKBUSTER GERALD R. FORD BIOGRAPHY TO BE PUBLISHED NEXT WEEK

April 6, 2023 by tbreport 3 Comments

    A long-anticipated biography of Gerald R. Ford — the only president to hail from Michigan — will be released in Grand Rapids next Tuesday, April 11, followed by a Lansing appearance by the author, prize-winning historian Richard Norton Smith, two days later, on Thursday, April 13. AN ORDINARY MAN: The Surprising Life and Historic […]

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MICHIGAN INCOME TAX DROPS. WHAT IS WHITMER’S FUTURE?

April 2, 2023 by tbreport 10 Comments

Question 1): Big news! The state income tax will officially be dropped from 4.25% to 4.05% for the 2023 tax year. How did this happen? Is this rate here for keeps? As part of a $1.2 billion road funding plan enacted by a majority Republican Legislature and approved by Gov. Rick Snyder back in 2015, […]

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THREE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT MICHIGAN POLITICS

March 26, 2023 by tbreport 9 Comments

Question 1): Michigan’s Democrat-controlled Legislature voted last week to repeal the state’s Right to Work (RtW) law, and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed it Friday. Michigan enacted RtW in 2012, when the GOP held a majority in both chambers and Republican Rick Snyder was governor. Over the past decade, RtW gave workers the choice of toiling […]

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FOUR MORE BURNING QUESTIONS IN MICHIGAN POLITICS

March 19, 2023 by tbreport 11 Comments

Question 1): Gov. Gretchen WHITMER last week signaled that she would sign the Right to Work (RtW) repeal bill that contains a token appropriation, despite signing an executive directive in 2019 that says she intends to veto any policy bill that includes an appropriations to circumvent the right to a referendum.The RtW $1 million appropriation […]

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MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS ON A ROLL IN 102nd LEGISLATURE

March 12, 2023 by tbreport 7 Comments

Question 1): If there was any doubt that Michigan Democrats would move quickly and boldly to enact an agenda that many of them didn’t talk much about in last year’s general election campaign but could have been expected to support if their candidates won (most of whom did), it has been dispelled. Republicans’ worst fears […]

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