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Environmental, Conservation Groups Call For Permanent DEQ Director With Public Health, Environmental Background

LANSING - Members of environmental and conservation groups on Thursday called for Governor Rick Snyder to appoint a permanent Department of Environmental Quality director who has environmental and public health expertise to shake up the "culture of complacency" at the department, they said. "The department is charged with protecting our state from hazards to human

By |2016-02-26T11:24:37-05:00February 26th, 2016|Clean Update, Politics|
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Flint Water Crisis Latest Victims – Gov. Snyder’s Communications Staff

LANSING - The Flint water crisis continues to roil the administration of Governor Rick Snyder with a stunning shake-up Thursday in his communications staff as he reassigned Communications Director Meegan Holland and Press Secretary Dave Murray, who were less than three months into their jobs, and named Ari Adler as his new communications director. One

By |2016-02-26T11:14:50-05:00February 26th, 2016|Featured, Politics|
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Congressmen Seek To Create Commission To Address Digital Security Issues

WASHINGTON DC - As Apple battles with the Justice Department over creating a backdoor into a terrorist's iPhone, two congressmen said Wednesday they’ll introduce a bill in Congress that seeks to form a commission that will address issues on digital security reflected in the Apple case. Speaking at a forum at the Bipartisan Policy Center

By |2016-02-25T19:55:50-05:00February 25th, 2016|Cyber Defense, Politics|
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Legislative Democrats Call For Restoration Of Environmental Quality Citizen Oversight Commissions

LANSING - The Flint water crisis galvanized Democrats in the Michigan House and Senate joined on Wednesday to discuss legislation they plan to introduce that would restore Department of Environmental Quality citizen oversight commissions, which were eliminated in 1991 by executive order by then-Republican Governor John Engler. The Democrats said at a press conference that

By |2016-02-25T18:42:14-05:00February 25th, 2016|Clean Update, Politics|
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Laws Intended To Disenfranchise Minority Voters Mobilize Them Instead

ANN ARBOR - Laws that make it more difficult for people to register and vote, are instead angering the very minority voters they are intended to disenfranchise, mobilizing many more to go to the polls and cast their ballot, contends a new study from the University of Michigan. This effect may explain why, to date,

By |2016-02-25T18:23:21-05:00February 25th, 2016|Featured, Politics|
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Despite Business Groups’ Distain, Michigan Legislature Moves Bill To Extend Health Care Claims Assessment Until 2020

LANSING - The Michigan Senate on Wednesday passed and the Michigan House concurred in changes made to a bill that would extend the Health Insurance Claims Assessment through 2020 in a significant move to shore up the General Fund and especially Medicaid funding. The only change to HB 5105 was the date change of 2020

By |2016-02-25T17:29:32-05:00February 25th, 2016|Life Sciences, Politics|
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MEDC Hires Florida Company To Rebuild Pure Michigan Website

LANSING – The state’s Pure Michigan tourism website is getting an overhaul  with help from a Florida-based Miles Media Group. Earlier this week, The Michigan Strategic Fund awarded a nearly $400,000 contract to rebuild Michigan.Org, the home of the prize winning Pure Michigan advertising campaign. Shall we call it Pure Florida, instead? Michigan Web Developers

By |2016-02-26T13:21:23-05:00February 25th, 2016|Featured, Politics|
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Oakland County Creates Zika Virus Control Plan

PONTIAC - The Zika virus, which has potentially been linked to birth defects in infants in Central and South America, has not been found in Michigan, but Oakland County officials announced Friday that they were outlining plans to help prevent the disease. The plans, announced by County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, are designed to monitor

By |2016-02-21T17:28:53-05:00February 21st, 2016|Life Sciences, Politics|
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Clinton Leads Sanders 50-40 Percent In Michigan

LANSING - There are several states yet to hold caucuses and primaries before Michigan's March 8 presidential primary that will help shape the Democratic contest between former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, but a new survey shows Clinton leading with 50 percent to 40 percent. Powering Clinton

By |2016-02-18T09:37:29-05:00February 17th, 2016|Featured, Politics|
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Michigan PSC – Renewable Energy To Exceed 10 Percent Of Grid In Michigan In 2016

LANSING - The estimated renewable energy percentage is expected to exceed the 10 percent requirement, a report released Friday by the Public Service Commission shows. The PSC's sixth annual report on the implementation of the state's renewable energy standard of 10 percent by 2015 showed already 9.1 percent of the state's electricity had been generated

By |2016-02-15T11:11:12-05:00February 15th, 2016|Clean Update, Politics|
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