States Press Workers on Health Care

Angie Keilen — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By JEANNETTE NEUMANN ( See Correction & Amplification below .) As state and local governments push to get employees to pick up more health care costs, some employees are pushing back. On Thursday, a Michigan judge heard arguments in two of three lawsuits filed by public-school un

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Poll results: Governor's race breakdown

Angie Keilen — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Governor's Race: Questions, Answers and Endorsements

Angie Keilen — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Crain's asked each of the seven candidates for governor the same list of questions. Their responses are below. There were additional questions and answers that could not fit in our print article. Click here for our WEB EXTRA. What is the top change you would make to the Michigan Business Tax? How would you pay for it? Virg Bernero Will work to eliminate the MBT surcharge as part of a comprehensive overhaul of state business taxes to a structure that rewards job creation and value-added, export-oriented production. Andy Dillon Reform the MBT by basing tax on companies' net worth and net income, not modified gross receipts and net income; repeal MBT surcharge. End tax loopholes for oil and gas companies and increase efficiencies in state government. Mike Bouchard Eliminate the MBT because it is suffocating Michigan businesses. Mike Cox Would cut MBT 50 percent with eventual phase-out and repeal 2007 personal income tax increase, paid for with $4 billion in cuts that include reforming state worker health care to save more than $269 million, changing teacher health care for nearly $500 millio

Legislative Candidates Have Raised $17.4M for Primaries

Angie Keilen — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Legislative candidates have raised $17.4M for primaries House up 13% from 2006, Senate up 2% revised 7/27/2010 The field of 663 primary election candidates for the Michigan Legislature report having raised $17.4 million through July 18th, according to reports on file with the Bureau of Elections, as of 11:00 a.m. on July 26th. House of Representatives Reported fundraising by House candidates is down by 2.4 percent compared to 2008: $8,227,034 to $8,426,216. However, House fundraising is up by 13.1 percent compared to 2006, when primary candidates for the House raised $7.3 million. That is the last time House candidates shared the ballot and the fundraising pool with candidates for the Senate and the constitutional executive offices, as they are this year.

Federal Race to the Top School Funds Again Skip Michigan

Angie Keilen — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Federal Race to the Top school funds again skip Michigan

Questions on enforcement as texting-while-driving ban nears

Angie Keilen — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Lansing -- Texting at the wheel is banned starting Thursday, but drivers are getting mixed messages about enforcement. While highway billboards and TV commercials alert motorists to the new law, police and state officials are worried about how difficult it will be to crack down on those typing or reading on their cell phones.

Meet the People Who Want to be Michigan's Next Governor

Angie Keilen — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Free Press has been following the five Republicans and two Democrats who want to replace Gov. Jennifer Granholm come Jan. 1. We're profiling each of the candidates, posting their positions on key issues and following breaking news of the campaign. Look to freep.com also for the latest debates and schedules of candidate appearances.

Bernero, Dillon gubernatorial debate heated

Angie Keilen — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Grand Rapids -- Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero and House Speaker Andy Dillon hammered each other on their job-creation records, stem cell research and leadership abilities in a heated debate between the two Democratic candidates for governor Monday night. In the campaign's first televised showdown, Bernero called Dillon a "fat cat," "corporate raider" and "speaker of the mess" who oversaw wage and benefit cuts and layoffs as a private businessman and budget breakdowns as a legislative leader. Dillon responded that unemployment in Lansing has ballooned under Bernero's administration and he said a Lansing group dubbed his foe "least effective legislator" when Bernero was in the state Senate.

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Rogers says he won't seek earmarked funds in 2010

Angie Keilen — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Michigan Democrats to Endorse Candidates Early

Angie Keilen — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Lansing--Michigan Democrats will try to give their candidates for attorney general and secretary of state an early fundraising edge by endorsing them next month--four months before they're officially nominated at the party convention.

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Governor Does Not Expect Budget Shutdown

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Budget negotiations are stepping up with the start of the state's new fiscal year now less than six weeks away....

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States Press Workers on Health Care

New appointment, Elizabeth Weaver's exit shake up Michigan Supreme Court Read more: New appointment

Poll results: Governor's race breakdown

Governor's Race: Questions, Answers and Endorsements

Legislative Candidates Have Raised $17.4M for Primaries

Federal Race to the Top School Funds Again Skip Michigan

Questions on enforcement as texting-while-driving ban nears

Meet the People Who Want to be Michigan's Next Governor

Bernero, Dillon gubernatorial debate heated

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