Lame-duck Trump rushes to fill posts he left vacant for years
The Biden administration could be stuck with Trump nominees confirmed before Inauguration Day.
By Josh Israel - December 08, 2020The Biden administration could be stuck with Trump nominees confirmed before Inauguration Day.
By Josh Israel - December 08, 2020Michigan Republicans have spent the lame duck session defying the will of the voters, but trying to strip power from the incoming secretary of state was so bad, even they realized it.
By Lisa Needham - December 20, 2018New polling shows that a vast majority of Michigan voters — including Republican voters — supported the paid sick leave and minimum wage initiatives.
By Lisa Needham - December 18, 2018The behavior of the Michigan GOP throughout this lame-duck session has been reprehensible and anti-democratic — and they know it.
By Lisa Needham - December 17, 2018Ballot measures let voters have a say, and Republicans in Michigan don’t like that.
By Lisa Needham - December 12, 2018State Sen. Rick Jones wants people to believe getting rid of paid sick leave is the best way to help the Michigan workforce.
By Lisa Needham - December 10, 2018Michigan Republicans have used the lame-duck legislative session to thwart the will of voters — and the Michigan press is calling them out.
By Lisa Needham - December 06, 2018Republican lawmakers in Michigan are trying to torpedo a voting-rights ballot proposal overwhelmingly approved by voters.
By Lisa Needham - December 05, 2018Michigan Republicans are using the lame-duck session to undermine the will of the voters, but people are fighting back.
By Lisa Needham - December 04, 2018The GOP majority in Michigan wants to weaken the supervision of dark money and fraudulent charities before the new Democratic attorney general is seated.
By Lisa Needham - December 03, 2018Michigan Republicans are hoping to undermine the role of newly elected Attorney General Dana Nessel in the lame-duck session.
By Lisa Needham - November 30, 2018It only took one day of the lame-duck session for Michigan Republicans to start gutting the state’s paid sick leave and minimum wage laws.
By Lisa Needham - November 29, 2018Michigan Republicans say employers need protection from the state’s sick leave law.
By Lisa Needham - November 28, 2018If a big-money conservative donor gets his way during the lame-duck session, Michigan could create a two-tier police system — one for the rich, and one for everyone else.
By Lisa Needham - November 27, 2018GOP legislators are looking to undermine a sick leave law during Michigan’s lame-duck legislative session, regardless of what voters want.
By Lisa Needham - November 26, 2018In a shameful plot to avoid the will of the voters, Michigan Republicans passed a law raising the minimum wage just so they could gut it in the lame-duck session before a new Democratic governor takes over.
By Lisa Needham - November 21, 2018