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Campaign finance reports show Bouchard campaign has hired ‘hit man’ political firm
Media consulting firm behind infamous attack ads
The man behind some of the most “reprehensible” — in the words of John McCain — GOP attack ads in recent memory is getting involved in Michigan’s gubernatorial race. According to campaign finance reports, Scott Howell and Company, whose partners were involved with infamous campaigns ads attacking Max Cleland and Harold Ford, has been hired as a media consultant by Oakland County Sheriff and GOP candidate for governor Mike Bouchard.
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2/9/10 4:37 PM Detroit NewsU.S. to commit $78.5M to try to halt Asian carp
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In Northern Mich. locals worry biomass harvesting will harm tourism, recreation
As the state government and energy companies push for using state forest land for wood burning power plants, some experts question the sustainability of such a practice and urge a broad public conversation about the possible alternatives.
The Democrats’ jobs pickle
Moderate Democrats have grown wary of big spending bills, fearing that support for such measures could haunt them on the campaign trail this year.
State of the State speech greeted with protests, conflict
LANSING — As Gov. Jennifer Granholm took to the podium in the chambers of the Michigan House of Representatives to present her final State of the State address Wednesday night, the social, political and economic upheavals she discussed in her speech were mirrored on the lawn of the Capitol.
Payday lenders use loopholes to continue high-interest loans
When states from New Mexico to Illinois passed payday reform laws over the past few years, it seemed as if the movement to curb short-term loans with interest rates that sometimes reached 400 percent or more was gaining steam. In Ohio and Arizona, voters even took to the polls to approve the rate caps on payday lenders, regardless of threats that the industry would close its doors if it had to lend money at 36 percent interest or less.
To fix the state, Granholm must be ‘relevant’
LANSING– As Gov. Jennifer Granholm huddles with advisers putting the finishing touches on her final State of the State speech on Wednesday, political observers say she has a tightrope walker’s job to do with voters, an opposition Senate and an economy in the pits.
Consumers Energy faces shareholder resolution over coal ash
A California-based environmental advocacy organization that owns stock in CMS/Consumers Energy is asking the company to explain how it is protecting itself and the public from the risks posed by 700,000 tons of coal ash that it produces each year.
Granholm lays out plans to reform Michigan government
In the first of of three major policy speeches coming in the next two weeks, Gov. Jennifer Granholm talked in stark terms about Michigan’s economy and laid out a bold, comprehensive plan for how to permanently fix the state’s budget problems that cause so much turmoil year after year.
State follows trend to virtual government
Earlier this month when Van Buren Township announced a new service to send interested residents “public safety threats and community events via web, e-mail, and cell phone,” the small metro Detroit government was embarking on a new approach to providing basic government services.
Macomb County prosecutor may be violating FOIA
As Michigan Messenger has continued to investigate the unprecedented bio-terrorism charges brought against an HIV-positive man for biting someone during a fight, the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office, which filed those charges, appears to be violating the Michigan Freedom of Information Act by withholding documents and denying the existence of documents that are known to exist.
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Michigan plaintiffs file suit against hate crimes law
The Thomas More Law Center, founded by Tom Monaghan of Domino’s Pizza fame, has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of several Michigan religious leaders against the federal government over the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which was passed into law last year.
The plaintiffs include Gary Glenn, president of the American Family Association – Michigan; Levon Yuille, pastor of The Bible Church in Ypsilanti, Michigan; René B. Ouellette, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Bridgeport, Michigan; and James Combs, pastor of four different churches in the state. The full complaint can be read here (PDF).
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Family group says it wants homosexuality criminalized
Gary Glenn, president of the American Family Association of Michigan, has added his voice to a growing course of American leaders calling for the re-criminalization of homosexuality in the U.S.
In an e-mail to Michigan Messenger, here’s how Glenn responded when asked if he supported the criminalization move proposed by the Family Research Council’s Peter Sprigg’s comments last week on Hardball:
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Detroit Police board wants answers on Abdullah killing
The Detroit Board of Police Commissioners have joined Rep. John Conyers and the family of slain Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah in demanding a thorough inquiry to reveal the truth about the circumstances that led to the Muslim leader being gunned down in an October raid on a warehouse in Dearborn. The Detroit Free Press reports:
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Feds release new Asian carp plan
While Gov. Jennifer Granholm and other Great Lakes leaders were meeting at the White House with the leadership of the key executive agencies involved, the Obama administration released the details of a 25-point plan to prevent the destructive Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes — but stopped short of agreeing to close the locks connecting Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River via the Chicago Sanitary and Shipping Canal. The Detroit News reports:
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Granholm on Asian Carp meeting at White House: ‘We have a disagreement’
Gov. Jennifer Granholm says she is pleased with the action being taken by the administration of President Barack Obama, but feels the feds can still do more.
Granholm and other Great Lakes governors met with Obama officials at the White House Monday afternoon. During that meeting, Granholm said the administration said it is taking many actions to address the threat posed by Asian Carp to the Great Lakes.
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Mich. guv hopeful Rick Snyder embraces ‘the nerd discussion’
The 'nerd' governor?
In one of the more interesting political ads in recent memory — especially for a Republican — Ann Arbor venture capitalist and first-time candidate Rick Snyder branded himself “one tough nerd” in the 60-second spot that ran during the Super Bowl coverage yesterday.
Typically, Republican candidates don’t embrace their intellectual sides, instead often preferring to brand “elitist” Democrats with the egg-head epithet. But not Snyder. He’s apparently decided to goes full steam ahead on the embrace-your-inner-wonk front, albeit with a humorous touch.
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