Interlochen Public Radio
Governor Gretchen Whitmer said divided government in Lansing should not stop Democrats and Republicans from finding ways to get things done. The governor delivered her seventh State of the State address on Wednesday.
Interlochen Public Radio
A dispute between the state Senate Democratic majority and Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Twp.) landed Monday before a Michigan Court of Claims judge who spent more than an hour listening to arguments regarding nine bills being held in legislative limbo.
London Free Press
Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles campaigned in London Monday night, looking to boost her party’s three local MPPs seeking re-election while downplaying the controversial late exit of a New Democrat hopeful in the city’s fourth riding. Days from Thursday’s election, Stiles was at Winks Eatery downtown to greet about 100 people after a daylong blitz […]
Interlochen Public Radio
Republicans and Democrats come to an agreement on new minimum and tipped wages for some Michigan workers, plus changes to the state’s paid sick leave law. And, Michigan Republicans and Democrats meet separately this weekend in Detroit to choose new state party chairs.
Interlochen Public Radio
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed bills that change minimum wage and requires most employers institute paid sick days.
London Free Press
Home to a factory being built by Volkswagen that could become the largest in Canada, and auto parts plants that employ thousands, fears over Donald Trump tariff threats abound on the Ontario election campaign trail in the riding of Elgin-Middlesex-London. LFP reporter Brian Williams digs into the political realities and what the three major parties […]
Interlochen Public Radio
The final legal briefs were filed this week in a lawsuit that pits state Senate Democrats against House Republicans for failing to send bills adopted by both chambers to Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Is this leading the state Capitol toward its own constitutional crisis?