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by Erika McNamara On June 11, 2011, the Los Angeles Times reported: Contending that the region's population of disabled homeless veterans has reached crisis proportions, a coalition led by the ACLU of Southern California filed a lawsuit…

A2P Notes: This is filed under "Scoops & Scores" because you read it here first! Michigan Education Association spokesman Doug Pratt told A2Politico recently via email that the MEA was not endorsing the citizen-led efforts to recall…

As you might imagine, A2Politico gets lots of press releases. We never simply reprint press releases as "news." That would be cheating, as any fourth grade teacher knows. Yesterday, A2P got several press releases concerning the same news…

Representative Jeff Irwin, a Democrat, served for a decade as a Washtenaw County Commissioner. In January 2011, he began his first term in the Michigan House of Representatives. In his regular column, House Calls, A2Politico will pose a…

You have to wonder: Did the Reverend Jesse Jackson submit his op-ed piece to either The Detroit News or the Freep before he shot it off to the editors of the Chicago Sun-Times? Did the editors of those two Michigan papers take one look at…

In 2004, John Hieftje appointed a Blue Ribbon Panel to study potential changes to the city's employee pension system. Among the recommendations, was the restructuring of the Board of Trustees to remove city managers and employees. In…

A2Politico has been tracking the approval ratings of Michigan's Republican Governor Rick Snyder. In November 2010, Rick Snyder breezed past Democratic candidate Virg Bernero, and won the race for governor with 58 percent of the vote. After…

A2P Notes: This is filed under "Scoops & Scores" because you read it first here. In response to multiple FOIAs, information released by city officials shows that perks including monthly car allowances, city-provided cars, mileage…

by Chris Savage I'm in Minneapolis this week attending the biggest progressive bloggers conference in the country. It's annual event; three days of workshops, speeches, and netroots networking: Netroots Nation. This is how you know you're…

by Betsy McMillin One of the hardest things to do as a parent is to know when to keep our mouths shut.  When to keep our all-important parent facts inside and just listen to what our kids have to say.  They are amazing little and big…