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Raising the minimum wage in Michigan is the right thing to do
At the end of last week, Democrats in Lansing, led by State Senator Bert Johnson, proposed that we increase Michigan’s minimum wage to $10 an hour, from $7.40, where it’s been set for the past five...
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If Detroit was a person, Kevyn Orr would be selling its kidneys
This weekend, upon hearing Kevyn Orr’s suggestion that we explore the possibility of selling the art collection of the DIA in order to satisfy the creditors of Detroit, it occurred to me that our newly...
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Matt and Rene Greff, after supporting Snyder for Governor, now work to unseat...
Democratic stalwarts Matt and Rene Greff, the owners of Ypsilanti’s Corner Brewery and Ann Arbor’s Arbor Brewing Company, angered a number of their progressive brethren in 2010 when they publicly came...
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How Dick DeVos made Michigan a right-to-work state
If you haven’t read it yet, Andy Kroll has a great piece on the DeVos family in the most recent issue of Mother Jones. Of particular interest to me was the section detailing how Dick DeVos pretty much...
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Charter schools are putting both our children and our democracy at risk, says...
A few days ago, education historian Diane Ravitch, a former Assistant Secretary of Education under the first President Bush, was interviewed by Bill Moyers on the subject of school privatization. In...
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State Representative Jeff Irwin on the “frightened patriots” of the open...
This is Michigan State Rep Jeff Irwin, my first guest on this past weekend’s episode of The Saturday Six Pack. Our interview, which started off with a weighty conversation on corporate money,...
View ArticleThe Devil went down to Georgia… ALEC caught on tape wining and dining state...
Have you ever wondered how legislation gets written and passed into law at the state level? Did you think, as I once did, that ideas for new laws percolate up from local constituents who contact their...
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Saying they “delayed our action plan,” Rick Snyder lays the blame for the...
You have to give him credit for having chutzpah. It took him a few days, but our Governor, with he help of multiple consultants and a few top flight PR firms, is attempting not just to deflect blame...
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Is the charter school industry paying off Michigan politicians to avoid...
There’s a coordinated attempt afoot to dismantle America’s system of public education, and Michigan Republicans, for the past several years, have been at the forefront, passing laws to weaken our...
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Michigan Republicans attempt a naked, lame duck power grab in advance of...
The Democrats, as you know, made huge gains across the midwest during this past midterm election. States like Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, that had helped put Donald Trump in the White...
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