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 ArticleRep. Candice Miller on border security
In the national debate over immigration reform, border security has risen as an issue of concern. It's certainly important for Michigan, which has 721 miles of border with Canada.Republican U.S....
View ArticleBudget director John Nixon on impact of sequester on Michigan
With President Obama and Congress failing to come to a budget deal, automatic spending cuts have gone into effect. There have been dire warnings about the impact of those cuts though the effects won’t...
View ArticleDetroit punk band Death, ahead of its time
In the mid 1970s, three teenage brothers from Detroit formed a band.That’s not exactly an unusual story. Motown history is full of bands that made it, and lots more that didn’t.But this band was...
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 ArticleNautical expressions in everyday speech
When you give someone "leeway" or tell someone to "pipe down," you may not realize you're using the language of sailors.On this week’s edition of “That’s What They Say,” host Rina Miller and Professor...
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 ArticleTricky plural words
The word data is plural in Latin. But that etymological fact may not make it plural in English at this point. On this week’s edition of “That’s What They Say,” host Rina Miller and Professor of English...
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...
View ArticleAre juveniles too young to know right from wrong?
Lawyers in Michigan are hoping a federal ruling will eventually change the way the state sentences juveniles in murder cases.A federal court judge recently ruled that inmates who received mandatory...
View ArticleEconomic impact of Medicaid expansion in Michigan
The state Senate could vote on a bill to expand Medicaid in Michigan this week.The legislation would extend health insurance to hundreds of thousands of low-income Michiganders through the federal...
View ArticleWeekly Political Roundup: Medicaid expansion passes, Tea Party goes after Lt....
It's our weekly review of Michigan politics with Susan Demas, columnist for MLIVE.com and Ken Sikkema, former senate majority leader and senior policy fellow at Public Sector Consultants.We start with...
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