The scientist who discovered that DNA carries the genetic Code of Life will be honored today with a Michigan Historical Marker at his birthplace in Owosso, Michigan. Dr. Alfred Day Hershey won the Nobel Prize in 1969 for his pioneering work. The marker will be unveiled at his birthplace in 1908 at 515 E. Mason […]
DETROIT NEWS: Car Insurance Reform Ballot Initiative May Complicate Negotiations in Lansing
by Nolan Finley, The Detroit News May 19, 2019 Dan Gilbert (Photo: Todd McInturf, The Detroit News) Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert is not waiting any longer for legislative Republicans and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to hammer out a compromise on no fault automobile insurance reform. Worried that time is running out to mount a successful petition […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #51 — Interviews with state Senators Aric Nesbitt and Rick Outman and state Rep. Joe Bellino
THE NEW YORKER: This Year’s Kentucky Derby, as Told by the Horses
Everyone was running, so I ran. I assumed it was a fire alarm. Also, there was a small man clinging to my back. I don’t know why. By John Kenney The New Yorker May 13, 2019 Illustration by Luci Gutiérrez Maximum Security: At first, I wasn’t sure where we were going. I remember being in a […]
Michigan & Ohio Republican Legislators Ask Justice Sotomayor for Stay of Lower Court Rulings on Partisan Gerrymandering
by Amy Howe Independent Contractor and Reporter Posted & Updated May 13, 2019 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has called for responses to applications for stays from Republican state legislators in Michigan and Ohio by next Monday, May 20, at 3:00 p.m. The stays would be in response to the ruling of a […]
DETROIT NEWS: Auto Insurance Rate Relief in Sight — Will Whitmer Approve It?
by Nolan Finley, The Detroit News May 12, 2019 For Michigan motorists hopeful the fast-moving legislation to reform the state’s no-fault law will soon give them relief from the nation’s most expensive auto insurance premiums, here’s a reality check: No amount of capitulation by Republicans to Democratic concerns is likely to win the signature of Gov. […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #50 — Interviews with state Senators Lana Theis (R-Brighton) and Dan Lauwers (R-Brockway) and state Rep. Robert Wittenberg (D-Huntington Woods)
VOX: Bored and Lonely? Blame Your Phone.
Our emotions today are radically different from what 19th-century Americans felt. That’s partly due to technology. By Sean Illing VOX May 5, 2019 sean.illing@vox.com Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. Most people assume social media is making us more narcissistic, more compulsive, and lonelier. But is that really true? […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #49 — Interviews with Michigan Republican Chair Laura Cox & Redistricting Guru Bob LaBrant
THE BILL CLINTON JUDICIAL LEGACY IS PAYING OFF FOR DEMOCRATS, BIG-TIME
What goes around, comes around. What a Republican president, Donald Trump, has been able to accomplish with his judicial appointments in the past two-plus years, a Democratic president, Bill Clinton, perfected a quarter-century ago — and now it appears it’s paying dividends for the Democratic Party. Anyone who claims appointed federal judges are “non-partisan” once […]