Tuesday, February 23 the United States House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff released their report on the legal implications of Michigan’s Emergency Manager law. The report entitled, “Democracy For Sale: Subverting Voting Rights, Collective Bargaining, and Accountability under Michigan’s Emergency Manager [...]
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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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 
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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 
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 [...] |
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