Mayor Dayne Walling on financial future of Flint
Flint’s Emergency Manager, Ed Kurtz, says he will resign come June 30th, which may put Flint a step closer to returning to local control. Flint Mayor Dayne Walling talks with Jennifer White about the...
View ArticleWeekly Political Roundup: Buena Vista schools, Democrat Mark Schauer
Each week, we talk Michigan politics with Susan Demas, political analyst for Michigan Information and Research Service, and Ken Sikkema, former Senate Majority Leader and Senior Policy Fellow at Public...
View ArticleWeekly Political Roundup: State budget talks
We take a look at Michigan politics with Ken Sikkema, former senate majority leader and senior policy fellow at Public Sector Consultants, and Susan Demas, political analyst for Michigan Information...
View ArticleMothering Justice questions spectacle of Mackinac Policy Conference
The Detroit Regional Chamber's Annual Mackinac Policy Conference wrapped up on Thursday. Jennifer White was on the island and talked with two members of Mothering Justice, a left-leaning advocacy group...
View ArticleGlobal Detroit: Immigrants create jobs, contrary to popular belief
On Thursday, June 6th, Global Detroit is hosting the Global Great Lakes Network Convening in Detroit. Jennifer White speaks today with Steve Tobocman, director of Global Detroit about how the...
View ArticleGov. Snyder's negotiation style in question
It’s Thursday, the day we talk Michigan politics with Susan Demas, political analyst for Michigan Information and Research Service, and Ken Sikkema, former Senate Majority Leader and senior policy...
View ArticleWeekly Political Roundup: Medicaid expansion bill, and conflicts in Detroit
It’s Thursday, the day we talk Michigan politics with Ken Sikkema, former Senate Majority Leader and Senior Policy Fellow at Public Sector Consultants, and Susan Demas, political analyst for Michigan...
View ArticleDetroiters cautiously optimistic about Kevyn Orr's plan
Detroit's Emergency Manager, Kevyn Orr, has laid out his plan to restructure Detroit's finances, and he has spread the pain around.He ended payment on unsecured debt, he is negotiating with creditors...
View ArticleAre schools gaming the system or following the rules?
Governor Snyder’s school reform agenda includes rewarding schools for so called best practices.Those include providing physical education, offering online instructional programs or blended learning...
View ArticleWeekly Political Roundup: Update on Detroit's shrinking city council
It's Thursday, the day we talk Michigan politics. This week the legislature began its summer recess and there is a lot happening in Detroit so we focus our conversation there. With the city council...
View ArticleWhat does the sequester mean for the Great Lakes?
We talk with Democratic U.S. Representative Sander Levin about the effects of automatic federal budget cuts on the Great Lakes region. Today, Levin met with members of the League of Conservation Voters...
View ArticleSenate hesitates to vote on expanding Michigan Medicaid
Governor Rick Snyder has called on the Legislature to pass a Medicaid expansion in Michigan in accordance with the Affordable Care Act. Although the House passed the expansion, the Michigan Senate went...
View ArticleCommon Core standards up for debate
State lawmakers have formed a special bipartisan subcommittee to debate the merits of the Common Core Standards Initiative. Last month, the State Legislature blocked the state from implementing the...
View ArticleCockrel: 'Bankruptcy likely scenario for quite a while'
Now that the City of Detroit has filed for bankruptcy, everyone is speculating as to how the city got to this point. As a former member of the Detroit City Council, Sheila Cockrel says, "The tendency...
View ArticleWeekly Political Roundup: In Detroit, bankruptcy timeline, impact on residents
The eyes of the nation are on Detroit, as the city navigates through the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history. And a group of Republican U.S. senators has wasted no time responding to the...
View ArticleDirector of the DIA says 'too soon to panic'
Detroit’s bankruptcy filing has triggered waves of speculation about what the future holds for the city. In recent months questions have circled around the Detroit Institute of Arts. The debate is...
View ArticleCommunity forum set for parents and students near Saginaw
The Buena Vista School District, located in the eastern area of greater Saginaw was dissolved on July 30th after struggling with insolvency. Its students will move to one of three surrounding school...
View ArticleWeekly Political Roundup: Detroit mayoral candidates, Medicaid expansion
Each week we take a look at Michigan politics with Susan Demas, columnist for MLIVE.com, and Ken Sikkema, former Senate Majority Leader and Senior Policy Fellow at Public Sector Consultants.Today,...
View ArticleShakespeare in Detroit
Shakespeare in Detroit was founded by Detroit native, Samantha White. As its inaugural performance on Wednesday, August 14 at 7 p.m., the company will present Shakespeare's Othello at Grand Circus Park...
View ArticleWeekly Political Roundup: Rough road ahead for transportion funding
Each week we take a look at Michigan politics with Ken Sikkema, former Senate Majority Leader and Senior Policy Fellow at Public Sector Consultants, and Susan Demas, columnist for MLIVE.com.Governor...
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