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 […]
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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)
PODCAST: Pinky Swear Protest/Bipartisan Bonhomie/Wrongly Convicted Wrung Out to Dry?
5/10/19 Action-packed week in MI Legislature as auto insurance reform roars through both chambers in barely more than a day, w/Gov. Whitmer threatening veto. Bill to offer $10 million in compensation to wrongly-convicted passed unanimously by both chambers, may be vetoed by Gov. Whitmer for “inside baseball” political reasons. Interview w/state Rep. Jon Hoadley (D-Kzoo), […]
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 […]
PODCAST: Gerrymander Gymnastics/A.G. Gyrations/Kentucky Derby Kerfuffle
5/3/19 MI’s Dept. of Attorney General is at war with itself over Flint Water crisis. Who will win the Kentucky Derby? Interview with state House Minority Floor Leader Yousef Rabhi (D-Ann Arbor), who gives the lowdown on the court battle over Michigan gerrymandering, how his bills to protect the state’s environment have a better […]
A KENTUCKY DERBY PICK
This year’s Kentucky Derby — the 145th — will once again be telecast (on NBC) and simulcast in Michigan, this coming Saturday (May 4). Post time is supposed to be 6:46 p.m., but you can count on it being a little later than that. For the 24th straight year, legally you can bet on it […]
KENTUCKY DERBY 2019 HORSES: Odds and Post Positions for Contenders and Sleepers
by Steve Silverman April 30, 2019 Omaha Beach comes into the Kentucky Derby as the pre-race favorite.Charlie Riedel/Associated Press The most glamorous and the most important race on the horse-racing calendar is just days away, as a crowded field of 20 will fill the starting gate at Churchill Downs for the 145th running of the […]