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    • May. 25, 2013
    • POLITICS+GOVERNMENT
    • Politics-State

    MSU law professor plans AG bid

    Lansing — A Michigan State University law professor is laying the groundwork to seek the Democratic nomination for attorney general next year and challenge Republican Bill Schuette.

  1. Michigan Congress Dems support Schauer for governor

    Lansing — The Democratic members of Michigan's congressional delegation are throwing their support behind Mark Schauer for governor.

    • May. 24, 2013
    • POLITICS+GOVERNMENT
    • Politics-State

    Bill to shorten foreclosure redemption period advances

    Lansing — A Senate committee approved legislation Thursday significantly shortening the redemption period for homeowners in foreclosure.

  2. Bill would let Michigan install red-light cameras

    Lansing — Michigan's local governments would have the option to put cameras at intersections to spot drivers running red lights under proposed legislation in the state House.

  3. Larry Royster promoted to be clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court

    Larry Royster is being promoted to the clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, Chief Justice Robert Young Jr. said Friday.

  4. Michigan Elections Director appointed to federal election commission

    Lansing — Michigan Elections Director Chris Thomas has been appointed a member of President Barack Obama's 10-member national election improvement commission.

    • May. 24, 2013
    • SCIENCE

    Nonprofit: Michigan understated risks of pet coke piles on Detroit River

    Detroit — New testing on samples of the petroleum coke piling up along the Detroit River show results similar to those produced by state officials.

    • May. 23, 2013
    • POLITICS+GOVERNMENT
    • Politics-State

    Levin, Stabenow support Peters for U.S. Senate seat

    Michigan’s two U.S. senators today endorsed U.S. Rep. Gary Peters’ bid to replace the state’s longest-serving senator, the latest sign he has largely locked up the Democratic nomination.

  5. Michigan Senate honors 9 fallen service members

    Lansing — A Michigan soldier who lost all four limbs in Afghanistan addressed the state Senate on Thursday during a ceremony honoring the nine state residents who died while serving in the armed forces over the last year.

  6. Michigan lawmaker seeks to make small business office

    Lansing — A Michigan lawmaker wants to create a new state office with the goal of helping small businesses get started and thrive.

    • May. 23, 2013
    • POLITICS+GOVERNMENT
    • Politics-State

    Group seeks to block insurance coverage of abortion in Michigan

    Lansing — Political powerhouse Right to Life of Michigan is seeking a voter-initiated ban on health insurers covering elective abortion procedures in basic insurance plans in an attempt to bypass a Gov. Rick Snyder veto.

    • May. 23, 2013
    • POLITICS+GOVERNMENT
    • Politics-State

    Activists consider second Mich. wolf referendum to target game animal designation

    Lansing — Animal rights activists are considering putting two questions before voters in 2014 about whether wolf hunting should be legal after the Legislature effectively rendered their first referendum meaningless.

    • May. 23, 2013
    • POLITICS+GOVERNMENT
    • Politics-State

    Former aide sues Harper Woods lawmaker Brian Banks, claims sex harassment

    Detroit — A former aide for a state lawmaker says the representative forced him to have sex and gave him a raise in an attempt to forge a romantic relationship.

  7. Political insider: Gov’s staff emails have scent of ‘skunk works’

    Under state law, the only time the public gets to peek inside the inner workings of the Governor’s Office is when its staffers send emails to employees of other state agencies, which are subject to the Freedom of Information Act.

  8. Concerns about pet coke piled along Detroit River remain

    Detroit — New testing on samples of the petroleum coke piling up along the Detroit River show results similar to those produced by state officials.

    • May. 23, 2013
    • POLITICS+GOVERNMENT
    • Politics-State

    State Senate committee moves to shorten foreclosure redemption period

    Lansing — A Senate committee approved legislation Thursday significantly shortening the redemption period for homeowners in foreclosure.

  9. Trump: Immigrants won’t vote for GOP

    Donald Trump, the billionaire real-estate developer who flirted with running for president last year told Oakland County Republicans Tuesday if immigrants in ...

    • May. 22, 2013
    • POLITICS+GOVERNMENT
    • Politics-State

    Judge won’t allow hearing in lawsuit to void Detroit EM Orr’s appointment

    Ingham County Judge William Collette refused Wednesday to allow an evidentiary hearing to compel testimony from top state officials in a lawsuit seeking to ...

    • May. 22, 2013
    • POLITICS+GOVERNMENT
    • Politics-State

    Gov, GOP reach deal on surplus

    Gov. Rick Snyder and Republican legislative leaders reached an agreement Tuesday on how to divvy up nearly $702 million in surplus revenue as lawmakers race to ...

    • May. 22, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    Michigan officials to develop school violence hotline

    Lansing — Attorney General Bill Schuette and other state officials said Tuesday they want to develop a new statewide hotline for students, parents and other ...

    • May. 22, 2013
    • POLITICS+GOVERNMENT
    • Politics-State

    EM opponent accuses Michigan Treasurer of perjury

    Lansing — A union activist trying to get Detroit’s emergency manager’s appointment voided alleged the state treasurer lied under oath about correspondence he ...

  10. Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?

    Washington — Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress — a working, productive relationship with ...

  11. Peters urges probe of Detroit waste storage

    U.S. Rep. Gary Peters has taken to the House floor to criticize the storage of piles of an oil-refining byproduct known as petroleum coke along the Detroit ...

  12. Michigan senators seek answers on Ontario nuclear storage project

    Michigan senators approved a resolution Wednesday calling on Ontario power officials to answer questions before proceeding with a controversial nuclear waste ...

  13. Hathaway lawyer pleads case to keep her out of prison; feds want her to serve 12-18 months

    Detroit — Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway shouldn’t spend a day in federal prison, her lawyer said Monday, despite admitting she ...

  14. Detroit state reps unveil no-fault auto insurance reform plan

    Detroit — The city’s nine Democratic state House members announced an auto insurance reform package Monday that seeks to drive down the rates Detroiters pay as ...

  15. Peters names campaign manager for Senate bid

    Washington — Rep. Gary Peters is kick-starting his bid to become Michigan’s next U.S. senator by assembling his campaign leadership with no Republican yet ...

  16. Scientists: Don't drop federal wolf protections

    Traverse City — Groups of scientists are urging federal officials not to remove protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states.

    • May. 20, 2013
    • POLITICS+GOVERNMENT
    • Politics-State

    Michigan Republicans seek new limits on welfare aid

    The Legislature’s Republican majority has redoubled its efforts to squeeze welfare spending by imposing new conditions on aid recipients.

  17. Michigan cancer patients to back Medicaid expansion

    Lansing — Cancer patients and survivors in Michigan are expected to call on lawmakers to expand Medicaid coverage for about 400,000 uninsured Michigan ...

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