Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Gov. Jennifer Granholm stepped up her campaign Wednesday to put public pressure on the Senate to restore the Michigan Promise Scholarship program, which was eliminated.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm wants to consolidate more state government departments.
MichiganLiberal (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Nolan Finley gives some space to the state's most pressed-upon public official, Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop. Specifically, he says that Jennifer Granholm has picked on the poor dear . Give Bishop the last word, since he's been so meanly treated by the governor in recent weeks: "What she's doing is calculated, shameless and reckless." Well said. Bishop has been playing the victim card...
MichiganLiberal (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
The News opines today that the shortfalls in school funding could be solved by more partisan squabbling . Gov. Jennifer Granholm has been holding town hall meetings across the state to hear community concerns about school funding, which the Legislature and Granholm have slashed. To restore the money, the governor is telling parents and the education community to gather signatures for a ballot initiative...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
LANSING -- About 800 parents, students and school officials swarmed the state Capitol on Tuesday, demanding that lawmakers restore funds for school districts, which face state aid cuts as high as $600 per pupil. But the stalemate over increased funding continued between Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Senate Republicans.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
A Michigan Senate committee has voted to reject Gov. Jennifer Granholm's order letting her appoint two department directors now named by commissions.
MichiganLiberal (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Peter Luke takes data from a Republican-leaning polling firm and Bill Ballenger, and talks to a new Republican state senator and discerns that Democrats are screwed . According to fresh polling by Lansing-based Marketing Resource Group and Bill Ballenger’s Inside Michigan Politics newsletter, nearly all the independents said the economy had gotten worse in the last year and two-thirds said it’s...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
WWJ-TV 's Michigan Matters host Carol Cain talks in-depth to Gov. Jennifer Granholm about Michigan's direction and her future plans. Granholm discusses her controversial vetoes and the debate surrounding Michigan's film incentives to attract movie productions. The show aired at 11 a.m. today. The show aired today on WWJ TV.
MichiganLiberal (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Skubick this morning : Anyhow in Michigan insiders are buzzing about White House "concerns" about Michigan and Cherry, heir apparent to Gov. Jennifer Granholm. Some Democrats are worried Cherry can't win, and since the Obama folks want a Democratic governor in place for legislative redistricting in 2011 and an Obama re-election bid after that, they are watching very carefully and have been...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
State budget director Bob Emerson said the State Police were told Thursday they could rehire 55 laid-off troopers, who were among some 100 rookie troopers laid off July 1 in a cost-saving move by Gov. Jennifer Granholm. ALSO: Supreme Court reappoints judge, names 3 others
MichiganLiberal (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Freep : As Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed final bills Friday to complete the 2009-10 state budget, it seemed Bishop cleaned Dillon's clock. Yet Dillon is hopeful they can rebuild trust. Dillon told the Free Press on Friday that if the budget battle were baseball, "We're only in the sixth inning." He predicts success in coming months to link approval of additional revenue to major changes...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is done signing the state budget for the fiscal year that started Oct. 1. A look at bills approved Friday:
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said the budget she finished signing into law Friday will hurt the state's efforts to recover from the economic downturn.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Michigan's bipartisan State Board of Education urged Gov. Jennifer Granholm and lawmakers to find money to reduce cuts in public education and buy time for a long-term funding solution.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm warned on Friday that schools will face teacher layoffs and bigger class sizes if new revenue is not found for education.
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