MICHIGAN- A Michigan Citizen-led redistricting commission has completed the statewide district maps for the following 10 years, until the next US Census. The new maps in which eight out of 13 of the randomly selected voters who serve on the commission, including two Republicans, two Democrats and four independents. Five commissionersContinue Reading
LANSING — Michigan Republicans want to tighten voting laws, limit pandemic regulations and create a voucher-like school scholarship program in 2022. And they could do it all without approval from Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who has already vetoed similar measures, and without a vote of the people in the next election. Instead, Republicans are circulating aContinue Reading
WYOMING, MI. (AP) — A western Michigan city plans to install a dozen cameras that will record license plate numbers. MLive.com reports that the effort in Wyoming, MI is aimed at solving and reducing violent crime. The 12 automatic license plate recognition cameras will be installed within the next two months atContinue Reading
From the week ending Dec. 17 Senate Bill 85, Authorize spending $1 billion on new corporate subsidy program: Passed 25 to 11 in the Senate To appropriate $1 billion for a new corporate subsidy scheme. The money would pay for a “Critical Industry Fund” to give grants and loans to certainContinue Reading
Hastings Banner Reported “Sen. John Bizon, R-Battle Creek, is scheduled to be arraigned on an assault charge at 10:45 a.m. Monday, Dec. 13, before Judge Jason Bomia in the Calhoun County District Court. While the Calhoun County court website has a link to Bomia’s Youtube page for livestreams of proceedingsContinue Reading
LANSING- Today at 3:30pm there will be a joint Senate and House Committee meeting with Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military and Veterans Affairs/State Police in at the House Office Building, Room 519 in Lansing. There will be a discussion of the Michigan National Guard vaccine waiver process. HERE IS THEContinue Reading
UPDATE: 12/02/21 The House Health Policy Committee today voted House Bills 5558 and 5559 forward to House Judiciary Committee with a vote of 11 to 7 in favor of the bills. LANSING- Today in the House Health Policy Committee, a package of bills were presented that would prevent human fetusesContinue Reading
LANSING- We spend over 2.5 hours at the Joint Oversight Committee Meeting last night, and we left prior to adjournment. Primarily because no questions were being directly answered, especially by the Unemployment Director. The Committee Chairs Representative Steve Johnson and Senator Ed McBroom led the meeting, in which they questionedContinue Reading
LANSING- Today the House Judiciary Committee met in regard to a bill that would allow cameras in highway work zones, but we left with many questions on how this would operate, who would pay, and if this bill would cause more harm than good. Representative Gary Eisen (District 81) proposedContinue Reading
BENTON HARBOR- The citizens of Benton Harbor have filed a second federal lawsuit seeking class status against their mayor, the Governor, and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) for the conditions of their drinking water containing lead. Below is testimony from Mayor Marcus Muhammad before theContinue Reading
