State Legislature

It is a fact that secondhand smoke causes cancer and a wide variety of other health problems. These are health problems that have claimed countless lives and causes a massive strain on our nation’s strained healthcare system. As more and more states have taken action to ban smoking in public places and certain businesses - [...]

One result of the 2006 election was that Andy Dillon (D-Redford Township) became the Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives. One result of the 2007 budget battle was a recall campaign aimed at several legislators across the state that voted for the budget agreement, which included some tax increases.  Now, most of the recall campaigns [...]

The Michigan House of Representatives is poised to pass Senate Bill 776, a ban on partial birth abortion that has made it to the House floor despite opposition from the relevant committee.  It has already passed the Senate.  The bill is modeled after a similar federal law.  ”Modeled” isn’t really the right word, the AP uses [...]

In case any of you missed Friday’s Michigan Daily, they covered Mark Schauer’s visit in “Shauer calls for more ed spending.” And if you make it to the end of the article, check out Nathaniel’s glorious quote. In a question-and-answer session with the University’s chapter of the College Democrats last night at the Michigan League, state [...]

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How do you revitalize Michigan’s economy? Focus on the auto industry? No. Retool factories to crank out wind turbines? No. Bring in the expertise of Michael Bay? Naturally! Last week the State Senate and House passed bills to bring the movie industry to Michigan. These bills are considered the most generous in the entire nation for [...]

The Wall Street Journal published an article today titled “Wounded Soldiers See the Pentagon in Private Parade,” about how military personnel host a media-less parade for wounded soldiers. The article was good, except for one almost aside paragraph: “It’s an example of the ways the military has chosen to honor its own out of public view. [...]