Lansing Sun

Michigan Reconnect program reaches milestone: 'A tuition-free path to a brighter future'

By Karen Kidd | Aug 5, 2022

More than 100,000 applicants were accepted into the Michigan Reconnect program as of late July, according to a press release from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's (D-MI) office.

State Bar of Michigan: Group's petition for election reform legislation could revive vetoed voter ID bill

By Karen Kidd | Feb 24, 2022

Whether a vetoed bill from Michigan's election reform package, first introduced into the state legislature almost a year ago, is revived may depend on a petition currently making the rounds, the state bar reported this month

Mackinac Center says Texas' electrical grid failures prove renewable energy is unreliable

By Karen Kidd | Feb 21, 2021

Though most reports now are backing away from freezing wind turbines as a major cause in last week's failure of Texas' power grid, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy is urging Michigan lawmakers to think twice about adding "reliably unreliable" wind power to the state's own power grid.

Gov. Whitmer owes logical explanation to Michigan residents, says Rep. Filler

By Karen Kidd | May 4, 2020

Michigan's Gov. Gretchen Whitmer "missed the mark" and "moved our state further in the wrong direction" when she issued more restrictions in her stay-at-home order, a state representative from Clinton County said in a statement

From Capitol News

'They didn't say it': crowd fails to respond with Tlaib impeachment pejorative directed at Trump at rally

By Karen Kidd | 5 years ago

Freshman U.S. House Rep. Rashida Harbi Tlaib is trying to make profane language directed at President Donald Trump into a slogan for her 2020 re-election campaign but recently found that at least some of her supporters haven't gotten the memo.