January 30, 2008 – 1:04 am
Near the end of tonight’s State of the State address, Governor Granholm put Michigan’s current challenges into context, noting that “When history is written, it will say that this decade of economic turmoil was among the toughest any state had to face in generations.” Against that historical backdrop, Granholm asked “How will that history judge [...]
Earlier this week, Governor Granholm announced that the City of Scottville has earned this year’s Cool Cities Michigan Main Street designation. As the Ludington Daily News reported, this is a really big deal, as being named a Michigan Main Street means Scottville will get five years of focus from state housing and community and economic [...]
March 12, 2007 – 11:50 am
Standard & Poor’s Rating Service today issued a public warning that our state government needs to get its budgetary act together or face even lower ratings. And the report’s author says that, “from a credit perspective, this is probably the most important legislative session in more than a decade.”
While political disputes are always accompanied by [...]
October 31, 2006 – 1:33 pm
Governor Granholm will be joining me in Leelanau County tomorrow afternoon as part of her Putting Michigan First tour through the state. Our governor has shown vision, leadership, and political courage in diversifying our state economy and leading Michigan as we turn the corner and start moving forward. She deserves four more years to continue [...]
October 11, 2006 – 9:57 am
UPDATE (10/13/2006): Media reports suggest that the Michigan Secretary of State has dismissed the compliant described below. While I disagree with the Secretary of State’s decision, I respect it. If this behavior isn’t illegal, however, it should be.
Yesterday, I filed a formal complaint with the Michigan Secretary of State detailing two separate instances in which [...]
August 29, 2006 – 10:23 am
Two announcements this week helped move Michigan forward on the path to leading the country in alternative energy innovation, production, and distribution. Yesterday, Governor Granholm announced $500,000 in grants to convert 1,000 Michigan fuel pumps to bio-diesel or ethanol by 2008. And on Monday the governor announced that The Venture Michigan Fund I has $200 [...]
Last week, Governor Granholm signed a package of legislation that moves Michigan forward on the path to becoming a global leader for alternative and renewable energy. The legislation reduces the gas tax by 36% on ethanol-based fuel and by 20% on biodiesel, as well as providing incentives for service stations that carry these renewable fuels. [...]
March 31, 2006 – 11:50 am
As I’ve blogged here and here, Michigan’s Single Business Tax needs an overhaul, an idea that is supported by legislators on both sides of the aisle. This potential bi-partisan consensus makes today’s move by the State House to politics first all the more distressing. This could have been a bi-partisan solution to our state’s business [...]
March 28, 2006 – 11:54 am
Earlier today, Governor Granholm signed legislation that will increase Michigan’s minimum wage to $6.95 in October – and to $7.40 on July 1, 2008. This marks the first time in seven years that Michigan’s minimum wage workers will see an increase, and will result in an increase of $72/ week, or $3,744 over the course [...]
March 17, 2006 – 12:03 pm
On Tuesday, the State House voted to raise Michigan’s minimum wage. The bill, which Governor Granholm has consistently supported and is expected to sign, will raise the state’s minimum wage to $6.95 in October, to $7.15 in July 2007, and to $7.40 in July 2008.
My opponent voted for this bill, and I applaud that. It’s [...]
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