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Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm wants to consolidate more state government departments.
School advocates and Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm are keeping the pressure on Michigan lawmakers to raise more money for education.
A Michigan Senate committee has voted to reject Gov. Jennifer Granholm's order letting her appoint two department directors now named by commissions.
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is done signing the state budget for the fiscal year that started Oct. 1. A look at bills approved Friday:
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said the budget she finished signing into law Friday will hurt the state's efforts to recover from the economic downturn.
A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of 400,000 adult Medicaid recipients whose dental benefits were eliminated by Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to save money.
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm remains optimistic that some Senate Republicans will support more money for schools, but GOP Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop said Tuesday he won't alter the Senate's only proposal for raising some extra cash.
Michigan's bipartisan State Board of Education urged Gov. Jennifer Granholm and lawmakers to find money to reduce cuts in public education and buy time for a long-term funding solution.
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Wednesday she hasn't decided where she'll make cuts in the six remaining budget bills on her desk.
Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Republican Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop said Wednesday they don't expect another government shutdown over the budget, but they didn't seem close to agreeing on anything else.
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Monday she may take money from programs she doesn't like to pay for college scholarships and local police and fire protection.
A man appointed by Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to rescue Highland Park from insolvency was charged Wednesday with embezzling $264,000 from the impoverished Detroit enclave.
House Speaker Andy Dillon said Wednesday that Democrats who control the Michigan House could start passing revised budget bills next week for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1.
The man leading the White House effort to help cities that depend on the auto industry said Wednesday that he "gets it" when it comes to understanding Michigan's economic plight.
The Obama administration's auto industry task force was meeting Friday to review the status of General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, which are surviving on $17.4 billion in loans.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm has recommended scrapping Michigan's wetland protection law and transferring wetland regulation in the state to the federal government.
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm says the federal government needs to invest more in research and development for auto-related alternative energy technologies such as the batteries for electric cars.
In some ways, 2008 was the toughest year in office Gov. Jennifer Granholm has faced since her election six years ago.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm has differed in the past with U.S. automakers, squabbling with the United Auto Workers union over party politics and wishing out loud that Michigan's fortunes weren't so tied to the ailing industry.
A bill to rescue the troubled auto industry with $25 billion in emergency loans inched forward Friday when Majority Leader Harry Reid said the Senate will begin debate Monday and hold a test vote two days later. Supporters scrambled for votes to break an expected filibuster.
Democrat Joe Biden has tapped Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to be the stand-in for Sarah Palin as he prepares for next month's vice presidential debate.
Only hours after agreeing to resign and serve time in jail as part of plea deal, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick expressed regret for the scandal that has engulfed the city — and left the door open for a return to public life.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick come from the same powerful Democratic political machine, yet they have had a strained relationship for years.
Desperate to save his political life, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is suing to stop Gov. Jennifer Granholm from holding an extraordinary hearing next week that could lead to his eviction from office for misconduct.
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's legal issues will cause Gov. Jennifer Granholm to miss some of the Democratic National Convention.
Michigan state has approximately $1.5 billion in outstanding debt. It has one of the highest unemployment rates in the United States of America. To help balance the budget the state plans to lay off 100 state police troopers. So much for jobs saved by the stimulus package.
Michigan efforts fail to slow population exodus. by Ron French, The Detroit News. Friday, April 3, 2009Lansing -- Scattershot efforts to stem the tide of moving vans, from street repaving in Cadillac to a Web site in Detroit, have so far failed to slow the Michigan Exodus.
Higher ed funds cut in Senate's stimulus billThe U.S. Senate's economic stimulus package passed Tuesday is $18 billion larger than the U.S. House's version, but contained billions of dollars fewer in student aid, infrastructure and other higher education funding.
Granholm to push tuition freeze in state addressGov. Jennifer Granholm will pressure Michigan public universities and community colleges this week to freeze tuition at current levels for the coming school year to help students and their families weather the financial strain of the recession, her aides told the Free Press.
Lawmakers have built consensus to fix Michigan's woes, now action is neededWith less than 24 months left as governor, Jennifer Granholm would seem to have a singular task when she delivers her State of the State address Tuesday: Take an emerging consensus on a variety of tough issues and convert it to an action plan.
State must commit to cleaner energyIn her State of the State address last February, Gov. Jennifer Granholm urged the Legislature to push Michigan toward a jobs-rich, green-energy economy by requiring utilities to sell renewable energy and help customers cut their energy use.
Tuition promise could come to more communitiesUp to 10 low-income school districts or communities could help pay tuition for all college-bound students who live there under legislation signed today by Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
The lesson goes unlearnedMore Granholm Derangement Syndrome from Nolan Finley.
Kilpatrick grapples with decision: Should I plead guilty today? Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick spent Wednesday night wrestling with whether to plead guilty when he enters a downtown courtroom this morning, a move that would cost him his job -- and send him to jail -- but would finally end a scandal that has swamped the city and state for near …
Hearing on Detroit mayor's fate beginsMichigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm began hearing testimony Wednesday to help her decide whether to remove Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office over allegations of misconduct.
Second Great Depression in DetroitThis poignant analysis of the situation in Detroit from an outside perspective, really hit home for me as a Detroiter. This author touches on nearly every topic and or concern of my circle of friends in Detroit and also the general public that comes through my cafe daily.
Disenfranchising Florida and Michigan?Saulius Anuzis, head of the Michigan Republican Party, summed up the prevailing sentiment among politicians on both sides of the aisle: "We understand that this violates the rules of both the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee. We don't care."
Michigan to CaucusA member of the DNC's Rules And Bylaws Committee--the committee that stripped Florida and Michigan of its delegates for moving their primaries before February 5th--told me that Michigan plans to get out of its uncounted delegate problem by announcing a new caucus in the next few …
Super Tuesday III: Dear Governors Crist & GranholmWhile the Obama campaign stresses math and Clinton momentum post-Ohio/Texas -- and some journalists can't resist predicting who will win, should win, should quit -- the fact is that many voters haven't yet effectively spoken.
St. Joseph, Michigan is sleepy little town on the shores of Lake Michigan not far from where I grew up.
UPDATE: Measles Investigation Continues || WXYZ.com | WXYZ-TV / Detroit | Detroit News, Weather, Sports and MoreA mix-up at the Centers for Disease Control apparently resulted in officials in Michigan getting erroneous confirmation of measles. INSIDE: Watch latest Action News report
Mich. should share water, N.M. governor saysEnvironmental groups on Wednesday blasted comments by New Mexico Gov Bill Richardson that northern states with plenty of water should share it with parched states.
State of Crisis: Budget deadline closes in as lawmakers talk, don't actThey've blown one artificial deadline after another, but there's no getting around it now. The real deadline is midnight Sunday night.
John Edwards: I'd invest billions in MichiganThe U.S. government should invest billions to help Michigan become the hub for transforming the nation's energy economy, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said Saturday.
Tim Skubick: Educate now, or pay for it laterTim Skubick chimes in on a controversial idea making its way around the Michigan legislature: should kids start school earlier? Skubick says yes.
"A critical moment for Michigan"GRAND RAPIDS - Over the course of one hour, Governor Jennifer Granholm and nearly 50 West Michigan citizens talked about the tough issues facing the state in what Granholm called "a critical moment for Michigan."
U-M, MSU, Wayne presidents: Help us, help stateThe key to Michigan's economic recovery lies in pumping more money into the state's three biggest universities, the presidents of Wayne State University, Michigan State University and the University of Michigan said Wednesday in an unprecedented joint appearance before a state ap …
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm lays out welcome mat for criminals. « The Weekly EyeAs job loses continue to mount in Michigan due to the state's seemingly unrecoverable economy and businesses and residents exit the state in record numbers… Michigan's governor appears to of come up with a new economic recovery plan… Promote Michigan as the Union's f …
2-cent solution: Plan to tax services in Michigan faces fightIf you go to a hair salon, pay a mechanic to fix your car, take your clothes to a dry cleaner or watch a game at Comerica Park, you're in Gov. Jennifer Granholm's sights.
Lansing State Journal: State's projected deficit at $800MA brain trust of economists and politicians gathered in Lansing earlier this week to hash out concerns about the state's budget. Their findings in a nutshell? Michigan's in trouble, and not getting much better.
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