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Governor Rick Snyder

Snyder Gives His Opinion On 63-Year-Old Arkansas Fugitive

AP | DAVID EGGERT | Posted 05.09.2013 | Detroit

LANSING, Mich. -- A request to return a 63-year-old fugitive to Arkansas is not a high priority, Gov. Rick Snyder said Thursday, citing the convicted ...

Governor Defends Secret Project To Reform Education System

www.detroitnews.com | Posted 04.22.2013 | Politics

Lansing -- Gov. Rick Snyder on Friday defended his administration's involvement in a secret project that is trying to develop a cheaper way to deliver...

Governor Synder, A Table-for-One

Farah Ahmad | Posted 03.29.2013 | Detroit
Farah Ahmad

Detroit under the helm of an Emergency Manager may bring back a public bus system and city lights, but what about some of the other things on the table, like Detroit's democracy and sovereignty? When you give something up, sometimes it never returns to the table.

Michigan Republican National Committeeman Promotes Anti-Gay Article

The Huffington Post | Chelsea Kiene | Posted 03.28.2013 | Politics

One Michigan Republican National Committeeman promoted an article’s claim that “part of the homosexual agenda is to get the public to affirm their...

Ashley Woods

Mitt Romney For Detroit's Emergency Manager?

HuffingtonPost.com | Ashley Woods | Posted 03.04.2013 | Detroit

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is on the hunt for an emergency manager to turn around Detroit's financial crisis after declaring the city in a state of fin...

Michigan Governor Declares State Of 'Financial Emergency' In Detroit

Posted 03.02.2013 | Detroit

Detroit is in a state of financial emergency, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) said Friday. "There's probably no city that's more financially challeng...

LIVE UPDATES: More On Snyder's 'Financial Emergency' Announcement

Posted 03.02.2013 | Detroit

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) will make an announcement about the future of Detroit at noon on Friday. It's widely thought that he will agree with...

Mayor: Decision On Detroit Takeover Expected From State

Posted 02.28.2013 | Detroit

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) will make an announcement about the future of Detroit at noon on Friday, according to Mayor Dave Bing. The decision ...

A Good Emergency Magician Is Hard To Find

Detroit News | Posted 04.21.2013 | Detroit

Detroit -- Several named candidates for Detroit emergency manager have publicly said they do not want the job as Gov. Rick Snyder today is scheduled t...

GOP Governor Balances Budget By Diverting Millions From Schools

Posted 02.11.2013 | Detroit

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is drawing fire for the way he allocates state education spending in his new budget. His 2013-2014 fiscal year budget dip...

Small Business Owners React to Michigan Governor's State of the State Address

Joan L. Witte | Posted 03.25.2013 | Detroit
Joan L. Witte

Investing in transportation infrastructure goes beyond mere road improvements and short-term benefits. It also generates significant economic returns to other industries and ultimately increases tax revenues too.

Snyder Gets Passionate About Roads, No-Fault At State Of The State

Detroit News | Posted 03.19.2013 | Detroit

Lansing -- Gov. Rick Snyder called on the Legislature in Wednesday night's State of the State address to find a way to raise $1.2 billion in additiona...

Poll: 50 Percent Support Controversial Michigan Laws

Posted 01.17.2013 | Detroit

A recent poll found that while Michigan's new right-to-work laws are divisive, with 50 percent of the state's respondents supporting and 45 percent op...

Chris Kirkham

State Considers Reopening Troubled Prison

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 01.15.2013 | Business

Looking to cut a corrections budget that accounts for nearly a quarter of the state's general fund each year, Michigan lawmakers have reopened the doo...

Takeover Contagion: Detroit's Just The Latest City To Face State Control

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 01.11.2013 | Detroit

-- If Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder concludes that Detroit cannot fix its own financial problems, the city would become the sixth in the state to get an ...

Will Financial Review Lead Detroit To Bankruptcy?

AP | COREY WILLIAMS | Posted 01.11.2013 | Detroit

DETROIT -- Detroit's fiscal future could soon be out of its hands if a team of state officials determines that the nation's former auto and manufactur...

Jason Linkins

Right To Work, But No Right To Shoot

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.18.2012 | Politics

In the wake of the tragic school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., there has been much renewed attention to the notion that ...

REPORT: Concealed Weapon Bill Sponsor Says Snyder Will Veto

The Detroit News | Posted 12.18.2012 | Detroit

Lansing — Gov. Rick Snyder plans to veto legislation allowing concealed weapons in public schools, according to bill sponsor Sen. Mike Green, R-Mayv...

Rick Snyder's Approval Rating In Freefall

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 12.18.2012 | Politics

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's (R) popularity has dropped precipitously since he signed right-to-work legislation, according to a poll released Tuesday b...

Don't Take Your Guns To School?

Detroit Free Press | Posted 02.17.2013 | Detroit

A Michigan bill on the desk of Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has an apparent loophole preventing public schools from stopping licensed gun holders with ...

New Emergency Manager Law Passes House

Posted 12.13.2012 | Detroit

Michigan legislators approved legislation Wednesday that strengthens the state's controls over financially struggling municipalities and schools, desp...

The Oligarchs' Coup in Michigan

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 02.11.2013 | Politics
Joseph A. Palermo

In the coming months we'll see how many people in Michigan really have accepted the Republicans' disingenuous and bogus notion that it would be a good thing for the state to force everyone to earn less money.

'Everyone Works For The Auto Industry': Michigan Readers On Right-To-Work, Part Two

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.12.2012 | Detroit

On Tuesday, the Michigan Legislature approved a right-to-work bill that critics say could break the back of organized labor in the state. Later that d...

'It's Really A Right To Work AROUND The Unions'

Posted 12.13.2012 | Comedy

On Tuesday, protests broke out at the Michigan state capitol after state legislators passed the anti-union "Right To Work" bill, which was quickly sig...

Right To Work Bill For Private Employees Passes In Michigan House

Posted 12.11.2012 | Detroit

The Michigan House approved a second right-to-work bill on Tuesday that would cover all private employees, by a vote of 58-52. Republicans have as...