Granholm Joins Other Governors To Request Help For Manufacturers

LANSING – Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today joined the governors of Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in writing Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to request that the Treasury Department consider additional initiatives to help manufacturers gain access to credit.  The governors said that additional assistance for American manufacturers can help them diversify into new industries, […]

Walsh Fights To Stop Gerrymandering

Lansing – State Rep. John Walsh today announced legislation to take politics out of the redistricting process. Walsh’s legislation will require that the nonpartisan Legislative Service Bureau (LSB) draw both congressional and state legislative maps, which would allow partisan lawmakers a simple “yes” or “no” approval or rejection. “A truly nonpartisan entity is required to […]

Hoekstra Today Identified A Package Of Bills To Address Health Care Issues

form health care. The package is tailored to fix flaws in the current system, while maintaining what works. “The U.S. free market health care system remains the best in the world, but it is not without its flaws,” Hoekstra said. “It is not in need of a massive government takeover, but it can be improved […]