Snyder talks right to work on Morning Edition
Michigan lawmakers are set to reconvene today for what could be the final votes on right-to-work legislation.If passed, Michigan would become the 24th right-to-work state, banning unions from...
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It has been quite a week in Michigan politics.Morning Edition host Christina Shockley and Michigan Radio's political analyst Jack Lessenberry discuss what happens now that right to work bills have been...
View ArticleHelping the homeless in Detroit
Michigan Radio's Kyle Norris has been been spending a lot of time in Detroit lately to report on stories of people doing things to help the homeless in the city.And this week Michigan Radio will be...
View ArticleThe week in Michigan politics
This Week in Michigan Politics, Morning Edition host Christina Shockley and Michigan Radio’s political analyst Jack Lessenberry talk about the end of the lame duck session.Lessenberry says “this...
View ArticleThe week in Michigan politics
This week in Michigan politics, Michigan Radio’s Morning Edition host, Christina Shockley and Michigan Radio’s political analyst, Jack Lessenberry discuss the resignation of Michigan Supreme Court...
View ArticleThe week in Michigan politics
In this “Week in Michigan politics” Michigan Radio’s Morning Edition host Christina Shockley and Michigan Radio’s political analyst Jack Lessenberry discuss Governor Rick Snyder’s upcoming State of the...
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In this week in Michigan politics, Jack Lessenberry and Christina Shockley discuss the likelihood of Michigan having a part time legislature, what will happen to former Supreme Court Justice Diane...
View ArticleThe week in Michigan politics
In this week in Michigan politics, Michigan Radio’s Christina Shockley and Jack Lessenberry discuss the possibility for an emergency manager for Detroit, lawsuits against the state’s right to work law...
View ArticleThe week in Michigan politics
This week in Michigan politics, Christina Shockley and Jack Lessenberry discuss the results of a financial review of Detroit, a bill to add more people to the sex offender registry in the state, and...
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This week in Michigan politics, Christina Shockley and Jack Lessenberry discuss the idea of increasing sales taxes on services to help fund road improvements in the state, how sequestration could...
View ArticleSander Levin says Congress isn't doing its job
The across the board spending cuts, known as 'sequestration' are set to begin today, unless Congress comes to an agreement to avert the $85 billion in military and domestic spending cuts.The White...
View ArticleThe week in Michigan politics
It's Wednesday, the morning we speak with Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry about what's going on in state politics. Governor Snyder plans to appoint an emergency financial manager to...
View ArticleWhat's going on this week? Kilpatrick guilty, Detroit argues against EM,...
This week in Michigan politics, Jack Lessenberry and Christina Shockley discuss the trial of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, the debate between the Detroit City Council and Governor Snyder over...
View ArticleThe week in Michigan politics: The EM for Detroit, Blue Cross overhaul, right...
This week in Michigan politics, Christina Shockley and Jack Lessenberry discuss what's ahead for Kevyn Orr, the soon to be emergency manager for Detroit. They also talk about how some universities...
View ArticleThe week in Michigan politics: Affirmative action, meningitis and Detroit EM
In this week in Michigan politics, Jack Lessenberry and Christina Shockley discuss Michigan’s affirmative action case being taken up in the U.S. Supreme Court, how Attorney General Bill Schuette wants...
View ArticleThis week in Michigan politics: public defense, challenge to right to work,...
This week in Michigan politics, Christina Shockley and Jack Lessenberry discuss the possibility of improving Michigan’s public defense system, and lawsuits challenging the state’s emergency manager law...
View ArticleThe week in Michigan politics: Roads funding, lottery and welfare, human...
This week in Michigan politics, Jack Lessenberry and Christina Shockley discuss funding proposals to fix Michigan’s roads, the number of lottery winners on welfare, and how a human rights ordinance is...
View ArticleThe week in Michigan politics: dredging, immigration and right to work
This week in Michigan politics, Christina Shockley and Jack Lessenberry discuss the issue of dredging in Michigan’s harbors, a package of bills that would make Michigan a more immigrant-friendly state,...
View ArticleThe week in Michigan politics: Senate candidates, wolf hunt and wraparound...
This week in Michigan politics, Christina Shockley and Jack Lessenberry discuss the race for the Senate seat left vacant by Carl Levin, legislation that would allow a wolf hunt despite a petition...
View ArticleThe week in Michigan politics: Merit Curriculum, Buena Vista, Rogers and FBI,...
This week in Michigan politics, Christina Shockley and Jack Lessenberry discuss possible changes to the Michigan Merit Curriculum, finances and teacher layoffs at Buena Vista schools, the possibility...
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