ANN ARBOR - I’ve been traveling around the state recently, speaking to various community groups and service clubs. As usual, when I get in a room with Michiganders, I learn a ton by asking questions: How many are satisfied with the present state of politics in Michigan? How about in the country? (Zero hands go
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has awarded a total of $100,000 in deer habitat improvement grants in the Upper Peninsula to be allocated between a dozen recipients. “This grant cycle was extremely competitive,” said Bill Scullon, DNR field operations manager from the Norway Field Office and grant program administrator. The Deer Habitat
LANSING - Michigan House Democratic Rep. Jeremy Moss and Republican Rep. Ed McBroom joined forces a year ago to develop a plan to open up legislative communications to the public, and on Wednesday the 10-bill package was introduced with an exemption for all constituent communications unless it is from a registered lobbyist. Eight of the
LANSING - The Joint Capital Outlay Subcommittee is being asked to give authorization to nine new projects that, when constructed, would total $184 million. The projects include the four highest-scoring university projects and the top three community college projects. The two state projects were automatically added to the list. If approved, the institutions could begin
SAN FRANCISCO - Hacktivist group Anonymous declared "total war" on Donald Trump, urging hackers to knock the billionaire's websites offline as it put the Republican front-runner in its sights for the second time. In a video posted Tuesday, a representative of the group called on hackers to attack Trump's websites and reveal any personal information
SANTA MONICA, CA – Congress will put lives at risk if it rushes to grant self-driving robot cars a shortcut around safety rules to eliminate the requirement that humans be able to intervene, Consumer Watchdog said today as the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on the developing technology. According to Google reports, a
WASHINGTON DC - The Federal Communications Commission is preparing a proposal that lays out new rules governing how broadband providers handle your online activity. The rules would put the FCC in charge of consumer privacy, a duty previously handled by the Federal Trade Commission. The proposal comes amid heightened concern about personal privacy, thanks to
LANSING - In the final joint meeting between the Michigan House and Senate Appropriations Higher Education subcommittees, university officials urged adoption of Governor Rick Snyder's proposed increase for the institutions but said more was needed both to bring the universities back to where they were before the cuts and to bring the state in line
LANSING - Donald Trump delivered on expectations he would win the Michigan Republican presidential primary, putting together a coalition of working class Republicans and doing well enough among wealthier and evangelical voters to take a plurality of 36.5 percent of the vote. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas finished second with 24.9 percent of the
LANSING - In the most stunning upset of the 2016 presidential election cycle thus far, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont won the Michigan Democratic primary on Tuesday in a tightly contested race over former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Virtually every expectation and virtually every poll showed Clinton winning the Michigan primary, and
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