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MLIVE: Organizers collect close to 250,000 signatures in effort to repeal Michigan emergency manager law
Organizers of a statewide campaign to repeal Michigan’s controversial emergency manager law say they have collected close to 250,000 signatures from voters who want to see the issue on the November ballot. Michigan Forward chairman Brandon Jessup says the Stand [...]
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MI Public Service Commission: Renewables Less Expensive than Coal, Spark Economy
A Michigan Public Service Commission report shows Michigan’s renewable energy standard is directly sparking Michigan’s economy, generating $100 million in investments, spurring manufacturing and business growth, and creating jobs, the Energy Innovation Business Council said today. The report also shows [...]
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STATELINE: Oscar night secret: Tax breaks for films go undisclosed in many states
Of the nine film productions up for best picture at Sunday’s Academy Awards, five received financial incentives from state governments. But if you want to find out exactly how much help the films got, only some of the states will come [...]
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Letter to Roy Roberts/Carta al Roy Roberts
February 13, the Maybury Local School Community School Organization writes Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager on the closing of the school at the end of the 2011-2012 academic school year. For English and Spanish versions of this letter please click [...]
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LATIMES: Supreme Court will hear case on affirmative action at colleges
The Supreme Court cast doubt Tuesday on the future of affirmative action at the nation’s colleges and universities, agreeing to hear an appeal from a white student in Texas who seeks an end to “racial preferences” in college admissions.The decision [...]
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February 22nd, 2012 | By Michigan Forward, Issues & Research A Michigan Public Service Commission report shows Michigan’s renewable energy standard is directly sparking Michigan’s economy, generating $100 million in investments, spurring manufacturing and business growth, and creating jobs, the Energy Innovation Business Council said today. The report also shows [...]
February 18th, 2012 | By Michigan Forward, Issues & Research House Democrats Thursday urged Republican lawmakers to take up House Bill 4818 which would repeal the recently enacted 4.35 percent tax on Michigan seniors’ Social Security, public pension income, and most private pension income. The bill has been held up [...]
February 10th, 2012 | By Michigan Forward, Issues & Research Q: What is the settlement?
A: Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and other participating state Attorneys General entered into this settlement with the five leading bank mortgage servicers. The settlement requires the bank mortgage servicers to provide [...]
January 23rd, 2012 | By Michigan Forward, Issues & Research 
A proposal may be on the Nov. 6, 2012, ballot that will require that 25 percent of Michigan’s energy come from renewable sources such as wind, solar and biomass by 2025. The following new Section 55 would be added to Article [...]
December 14th, 2011 | By Michigan Forward, Issues & Research On Tuesday, December 13, 2011 the Michigan Senate Government Operations Committee voted to move Senate Bill 865 out of Committee and have it go to the Senate floor for a vote. Senate Bill 865 amends “The Local Government and School [...]
November 21st, 2011 | By Michigan Forward, Issues & Research Governor William Milliken took steps in the 1970s to control the phosphorous contamination that was killing Lake Erie because our state law allowed him to protect Michigan’s unique assets, including the Great Lakes. The scientists and experts in our state [...]
November 16th, 2011 | By Brandon Jessup, Issues & Research 
Michigan State House Representative Rick Olson (R) from Saline has introduced more unfair housing policy before Michigan’s homeowners. Olson’s HB 5176 reduces the 6-month redemption period to 3 months. As anticipated this legislation is designed for loans where the “original mortgagee [...]
November 16th, 2011 | By Michigan Forward, Issues & Research
There is no secret that the 2010 midterm election was one of the biggest Michigan has seen in almost 30 years. This closing calendar year, residents of Michigan have seen a vast array of legislative and executive changes as a [...]
November 16th, 2011 | By Michigan Forward, Issues & Research
Optimism over the recently introduced package of substitute bills replacing HB 4542-4544 has been dampened by the news that State Representative Rick Olson (R-Chelsea) may be introducing a bill that will move along with these substitute bills and will seek to [...]
November 15th, 2011 | By Michigan Forward, Issues & Research
Observing 4,000 scheduled bus routes Oct 17-24, Transportation Riders United volunteers noted that just 50% of the scheduled buses showed up on time. Hundreds failed to arrive at all, leaving riders stranded. TRU’s Report Card details the magnitude of the problem [...]
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