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New Emergency Manager Law Passes House

Posted 12.13.2012 | Detroit
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Michigan legislators approved legislation Wednesday that strengthens the state's controls over financially struggling municipalities and schools, desp...

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State House Passes Controversial Union Bill

Posted 12.06.2012 | Detroit
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Members of the Michigan House quickly voted in favor of a new bill Thursday evening that would make Michigan a right-to-work state, as Democratic repr...

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New State Rep. Has A Criminal History

Posted 11.07.2012 | Detroit
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Brian Banks, an eight-time convicted felon, emerged victorious at the polls Tuesday in the race for Michigan's new 1st district state House seat, winn...

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Is The Plan To Turn On Detroit's Lights Already Dead?

Detroit News | Posted 12.15.2012 | Detroit
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The city's long-term plan for fixing broken streetlights is on hold, but Mayor Dave Bing says he's continuing to press state lawmakers to help find th...

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Text Messages Implicate Speaker And State Rep In Election Fraud

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 07.19.2012 | Detroit
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While a fiery prosecutor's report condemns their actions and Democrats call for their resignations, it appears that, for the moment, Michigan House Sp...

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Why Republicans Punishing a Rep for Saying "Vagina" Matters

Mitchell Bard | Posted 06.17.2012 | Politics
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It makes one wonder: Would the Michigan Republican leadership have banned a male conservative representative for using the term "vagina" in the debate? Somehow I doubt it.

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House Approves Anti-Abortion Bil; Controversial 20-Week Vote Will Wait

MLive | Posted 06.13.2012 | Detroit
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LANSING, MI - The Michigan House on Wednesday approved sweeping legislation that would add regulations and restrictions to abortion practices in the s...

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Michigan Senate Drops 'License To Bully' Bill, Adopts New Version

Posted 11.29.2011 | Home
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Michigan's state Senate dropped a bill Tuesday that critics called "a license to bully," and instead adopted a House version that represents a comprom...

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Lawmakers Respond To Controversial GOP-Backed Bullying Bill

Posted 01.11.2012 | Home
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Michigan's state House passed its own version of an anti-bullying Thursday, smoothing over the language in a bill passed by the Senate last week that ...

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