A statutory July 1 deadline for the Legislature to present a FY 2021-22 budget to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is little more than a week away. Last year, this deadline had to be waived because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fiscal uncertainty it fomented. Now, however, Michigan’s budgetary wallet is bursting at the seams with […]
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INTERNET CENSORSHIP STIFLES DEBATE ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH
Why Has “Ivermectin” Become a Dirty Word? At the worst moment, Internet censorship has driven scientific debate itself underground by Matt Taibbi TR NEWS June 19, 2021 On December 8, 2020, when most of America was consumed with what The Guardian called Donald Trump’s “desperate, mendacious, frenzied and sometimes farcical” attempt to remain president, the […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #159 — COVID Confusion + Interviews with Jim Kiertzner of WXYZ-TV, SoS Candidate Kristina Karamo, Beth LeBlanc of Detroit News & Jordyn Hermani of Gongwer News Service
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #158 — Polls & Passports +Interviews with Professor/Journalist Eric Freedman, state Rep. Ann Bollin (R-Brighton) & Dave Boucher of The Detroit Free Press
HIGH COURT TORPEDOES WHITMER’S ‘RIOT ACT’
Michigan Supreme Court: Send Unlock Michigan proposal to Legislature by Craig Mauger The Detroit News June 11, 2021 Lansing — The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Board of State of Canvassers must certify Unlock Michigan’s petition signatures and advance the proposal to the state Legislature. The court’s ruling will likely allow the GOP-controlled […]
SCRAP THE CLASSICS? THAT MAY BE A GOOD THING
Princeton Dumbs Down Classics And that might be the right way to save classics from oblivion. By Graeme Wood The Atlantic magazine June 9, 2021 Adam Maida / The Atlantic About the author: Graeme Wood is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of The Way of the Strangers: Encounters With the Islamic […]
MICHIGAN DOG FEATURED IN NEW BOOK ON AMAZON
View this email in your browser Sent on a Mission Can she do it? illustrated by Marc Chalvin KYRIE a sweet-natured and brave young Norwegian Elkhound on a heavenly mission, faced a hardscrabble life in Detroit, Michigan until at last finding her loving forever home. Based on a true story A Young adult book ages […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #157 — Poll Pow-Wow, Interviews with Bernie Porn of EPIC-MRA, Lobbyist Rob Elhenicky, & Bob Schneider of Citizens Research Council
NEARLY ALL OF FLINT’s POPULATION SIGNS UP FOR STATE AND FEDERAL COMPENSATION DUE TO THE ‘WATER CRISIS’
Nearly 85,600 sign up for $641M Flint water settlement, but issues remain Nearly 85,600 requests for money in the Flint water litigation settlement have been submitted, though law firms make up nearly half of the requests, according to a federal court filing made last week. About 51% of the registrations were submitted by […]
DETROIT FREE PRESS: MICHIGAN SENATE PUSHES BI-PARTISAN POLICE REFORM
EDITORIAL Michigan senators chart a path to real police reform | Editorial by Detroit Free Press Editorial Board There is growing consensus that the status quo in policing is unacceptable: among police officers, who find themselves at odds with the communities they’re sworn to serve; among police executives, who struggle to attract new recruits; and among […]