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Report: Michigan Plans to Charge Ex-Gov. Rick Snyder in Flint Water Probe

DETROIT (AP) — Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, his health director and other ex-officials have been told they’re being charged after a new investigation of the Flint water scandal, which devastated the majority Black city with lead-contaminated water and was blamed for a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in 2014-15, The Associated Press has learned.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder speaks to the media regarding the status of the Flint water cris

Moore: Obama Is Not Actually Doing Anything to Help Flint

Wednesday on CNN’s “The Lead,” while discussing President Barack Obama visiting Flint, MI, today to address the lead in the drinking water crisis, liberal documentary filmmaker Michael Moore called on Obama to do more, saying, “We need President Obama to step

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Moms Demand Action: Concealed Carry Is Wrong for Women

With female participation in concealed carry classes growing in Michigan, and Governor Rick Snyder (R) signing a bill that allows a woman to get a concealed carry permit in an expedited manner when in a domestic violence situation, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is warning that gun control is the answer, not concealed carry.

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Michigan Governor Bucks NRA, Stands with Gabby Giffords

On January 15—just over two months after winning a gubernatorial re-election with the NRA’s endorsement—Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (R) bucked the NRA and stood with Gabby Giffords in opposing a bill which would have “revised” his state’s concealed carry law.

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Chinese Buying Detroit

The largest Chinatown in the U.S. may soon be Detroit. Not an area within the city, but the city itself. Chinese investors are investing heavily in the bankrupt city, so much so that it now ranks fourth among all U.S. cities

Chinese Buying Detroit

Red Wings Unveil New Arena with a Taxpayer Assist

Detroit needs an assist. In exchange for several hundred million dollars, the Red Wings promise to give them one. The Ilitch family owning the Detroit Red Wings and Joe Louis Arena (and Little Caesar’s) unveiled plans for a new arena

Red Wings Unveil New Arena with a Taxpayer Assist

Right to Work Laws Cover 72% of Auto Production

The union membership rate of Americans working stands at 11.3%, or 14.5 million, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In the last two decades, that percentage fell by 45%, despite a doubling in public employee unions. One of the major reasons

Right to Work Laws Cover 72% of Auto Production

Michigan Gov. Repeals Ban on Short-Barreled Rifles

Last week Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (R) signed legislation repealing that state’s ban on privately owned short-barreled rifles and shotguns.  The legislation–Senate Bill 610–passed in the house and senate by near unanimous margins.  NRA-ILA executive director Chris Cox applauded the

Michigan Gov. Repeals Ban on Short-Barreled Rifles

Chamber of Commerce: Conservatives the 'Problem' in Amnesty Battle

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said once again that conservatives were the “problem” when it came to passing immigration reform legislation with amnesty provisions.  “The left has never been the problem on this,” Randel Johnson, the chamber’s senior vice president, said

Chamber of Commerce: Conservatives the 'Problem' in Amnesty Battle

Michigan Gov Rick Snyder Endorses Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants

On Friday, Republican Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder emphatically supported comprehensive immigration reform and implied that enforcement of the current immigration laws were “dumb” at an event with former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.  “We need comprehensive immigration reform,” Snyder said at

Michigan Gov Rick Snyder Endorses Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants

Michigan Won't Require Abortion in Basic Insurance Policies

By DAVID EGGERTAssociated PressLANSING, Mich.Michigan will join more conservative states in requiring residents who want health insurance coverage for abortions to buy an extra policy, after Republican legislators passed the law Wednesday over the objections of Democrats who pleaded for

Michigan Won't Require Abortion in Basic Insurance Policies