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DON’T MISS MICHIGAN CHAPTER IN NEW ALMANAC OF AMERICAN POLITICS

July 23, 2023 by tbreport 10 Comments

MICHIGAN CHAPTER IN 2024 ALMANAC OF AMERICAN POLITICS IS A MUST READ! July 24, 2023 by tbreport 1 Comment (Edit) The Ballenger Report reminds you that the 2024 Almanac of American Politics will be released next month (August, 2023) and can be purchased online at https://www.thealmanacofamericanpolitics.com/ or by calling 1-888-265-0600. Use the code “BALLENGER15” for […]

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MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS LOST THEIR JUDICIARY. WHO’S TO BLAME?

July 16, 2023 by tbreport 12 Comments

REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED COLD. WHO SHOULD BE FORCED TO EAT IT? It took two decades, but the Michigan Republican Party’s hegemony over the state’s judiciary assembled by John Engler before he left the governor’s office in 2002 has been destroyed. Everybody knows that. But how did that happen? The GOP did it […]

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BUDDING BROUHAHA FOR MICHIGAN MAPMAKERS?

July 9, 2023 by tbreport 11 Comments

REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONER TURMOIL AND QUESTION OF WHETHER MICHIGAN MAPS VIOLATE THE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT (VRA) The final weeks of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022-2023 term have yielded a decision that has sparked not just one but TWO potential maelstroms involving the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC). First, the federal high bench, in a […]

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IS ‘DARK MONEY’ A BAD THING IN MICHIGAN POLITICS?

July 2, 2023 by tbreport 10 Comments

 NESSEL AND BENSON PLOD DOWN THE ‘DARK MONEY’ PATH Secretary of State Jocelyn BENSON recently asked a legislative panel to give her department subpoena power to investigate campaign finance or lobbying law violations as a way to help bring Michigan from “worst to first” in government transparency and ethics requirements. As part of a sweeping […]

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MICHIGAN’S 2024 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY: DOES ANYONE CARE WHEN IT IS?

June 25, 2023 by tbreport 7 Comments

Question 1): Gov. Gretchen Whitmer earlier this month opined that, as far as she is concerned, Michigan’s presidential primary will take place on Feb. 27, 2024, as currently scheduled, despite a push from legislative Republicans to shift the date back into early March. The governor didn’t specify how Michigan Democrats would make the primary happen […]

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MORE PARTISAN HIJINKS IN MICHIGAN POLITICS

June 18, 2023 by tbreport 16 Comments

Question 1): A couple of week ago, the U.S. Supreme Court stepped back from the brink of totally gutting the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA). By a 5-to-4 vote, in the case of Allen v. Milligan, a coalition of conservative and liberal justices reaffirmed the court’s 1986 precedent interpreting how legislative districts must be […]

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ANOTHER Q&A: CAN MICHIGAN’S POPULATION DRAIN BE PLUGGED?

June 11, 2023 by tbreport 12 Comments

Question 1): Week before last, on the Grand Hotel porch of Mackinac Island, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced she was appointing a “Growing Michigan Together Council.” Why? Because Michigan is one of the slowest-growing states in the country. In fact, we aren’t growing at all. Michigan lost more population in the first decade of the 21st […]

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MORE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS IN MICHIGAN POLITICS

June 4, 2023 by tbreport 1 Comment

U.S. SENATE CONUNDRUM; POSSIBLE RECESSION; A DEMOCRATIC BUDGET BUCKET LIST Question 1): Michigan Board of Education President Pamela PUGH two weeks ago became the latest Democrat to announce she is running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by retiring U.S. Sen. Debbie STABENOW (D-Lansing) in 2024. Pugh has twice been elected statewide to the […]

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SOMETHING NOBODY IN MICHIGAN POLITICS IS TALKING ABOUT, BUT SHOULD BE

May 29, 2023 by tbreport 10 Comments

 Michiganders need to get a grip on how much their elected officials are being paid. BOB LaBRANT: Abolish the State Officers Compensation Commission. Replace it with an automatic Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustment. “After 55 years, it is time to amend the Michigan Constitution and abolish the State Officers Compensation Commission (SOCC), which since 1968 […]

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THE SEARCH FOR A NEW MSU PRESIDENT

May 21, 2023 by tbreport 6 Comments

Freshman Trustee Dennis Denno will lead search for next MSU President Two weeks ago, Michigan State University Trustee Dennis Denno, a Democrat elected by voters last November, was named chairperson of the search committee seeking a new President for Spartanland. Denno said the full search committee includes a cross section of the university community, including […]

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