Gov. Rick Snyder

by Steve Innes Gov. Rick Snyder recently announced appointments to the new Michigan Council on Future Mobility. Among the appointees was Ryan Eustice, of Ann Arbor. Eustice is vice president of autonomous driving for Toyota Research…

ANN ARBOR IS one of 38 municipalities in Michigan whose locally-elected officials have passed non-discrimination ordinances. Republican Rep. Earl Poleski is peddling House Bill 4052, the “Local Government Employer Mandate Prohibition Act,”…

ON MAR. 5, the Michigan League of Conservation Voters (Michigan LCV) released its 2013 - 2014 “How Green is Your Governor? Report Card,” assigning Governor Snyder an overall letter grade of “C” for the second half of his first term in…

For a scant 60 minutes on Sunday evening, Gov. Rick Snyder and Democratic challenger Rep. Mark Schauer showed their fancy footwork, bobbed and weaved as journalists threw questions their way about Michigan's economy, marriage equality,…

by Emily Schuster Wachsberger INFANT MORTALITY Awareness Month is observed nationally every September. In Michigan, Governor Rick Snyder has fine-tuned that designation and proclaimed September as Infant Safe Sleep Awareness Month.…

“AN INDEPENDENT review team concludes that a financial emergency exists in the Benton Harbor Area Schools under the provisions created by Public Act 436 of 2012,”  states a press release from Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s office. Five…

SENATE MAJORITY leader Randy Richardville introduced a bill last week, about three weeks before the deadline for backers of the higher wage hike to file signatures to put their initiated law before the GOP-led Legislature. Assuming…

by Rob Smith The 1 percent here in Ann Arbor are just different than us. They look at out-of-work folks and hungry children, homeless men and women tossed out of Camp Take Notice, struggling small businesses and cash-strapped school…