by Jonathan Oosting, The Detroit News January 25, 2019 Lansing — Michigan Republicans are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hit pause on a federal lawsuit alleging GOP gerrymandering, a move that could disrupt a settlement agreement announced Friday by Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. Benson’s deal with plaintiffs would require Michigan to redraw at least […]
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MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #35 — Interview with state Rep. Michele Hoitenga (R-Manton) on Stun Guns
PODCAST: Lucido Lops off Legal Lucre/Benson Bumps Belligerents/Lower Lowers the Boom
1/25/19 Ironies abound as state Senate committee reports out bill to reform civil asset forfeiture. New Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson aggressively pursues court settlement to redraw Congressional and legislative district lines with elections to be held with new maps next year. Benson also asks for a legal opinion from just-elected Attorney General Dana Nessel […]
JOCELYN BENSON TO LEGISLATIVE DEMOCRATS: You’ve Got to Take One for the Team
In her rush to change election rules for 2020 so that Michigan Democrats can complete their takeover of state government, has freshman Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson forgotten about term limits and its impact on the state Senate? It sure looks that way. Benson has moved quickly in her first few weeks in office to […]
IS THE PARTY OVER ALREADY? Benson Moves Undercut Whitmer ‘Happy Talk’
Things seemed to be going so well. Now, suddenly, they aren’t. New Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has had the news media eating out of the palm of her rhetorical hand with “kumbaya” calls for bipartisan cooperation between the executive branch’s constitutional officers, all Democrats, and majority Republicans in the state Senate and House of Representatives. […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #34 — Cape Canaveral in Michigan & Auto Insurance Rate Reform
PODCAST: Engler Implodes/Reduxing Auto Insurance Rate Reform/From Football to Freshman
1/18/19 Former Gov. John Engler resigns under pressure as interim president of MSU. Michigan legislators show they are serious about auto insurance rate reform. What exactly does AG Dana Nessel mean by “prosecution for profit?” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer meets with “Quadrant” of House and Senate leaders for first of what she hopes will be many […]
DETROIT NEWS: After Year of Turmoil, Engler Resigns from MSU Under Pressure
by Kim Kozlowski, The Detroit News Jan. 17, 2019 Buy PhotoMichigan State University Interim President John Engler answers questions from The Detroit News Editorial Board and reporters in the Tony Snow conference room at The Detroit News in downtown Detroit on Friday, January 11, 2019. (Photo: John T. Greilick, The Detroit News) JOHN ENGLER, the former Republican governor […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #33 — Michigan’s Changing Electorate & Mismatched Workforce
PODCAST: Baby Boxes Broadsided/We Are Women — Hear Us Roar!/ 100th Legislature Convenes
1/11/19 On his way out the door, ex-Gov. Rick Snyder vetoed two bills that would have enhanced safeguards against infant-abandonment by ashamed new mothers — why? Bridget McCormack is elected Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, making Michigan the only state in the country with women at the helm of the governorship, secretary of […]