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 […]
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 […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #71 — Whitmer Budget Vetoes & Transfers/Legislature’s Reaction
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 […]