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The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
... vote, with two members absent. That followed unanimous 38-0 Senate approval. It now goes to Gov. Jennifer Granholm. A majority of the Great Lakes states have now approved the compact, including Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana and New York. Once it is ratified in the remaining states -- Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania -- it must be ratified by Congress. (c) UPI
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
... relatively small -- perhaps just $19.1 million, according to the House Fiscal Agency. Surely Gov. Jennifer Granholm can order enough temporary money-saving measures to close that gap.But the outlook for the year to follow is ominous. Compared with previous estimates, there will be well upwards of $400 million less coming into the state's coffers. That essentially wipes out all the...
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Actor/politician Arnold Schwarzenegger has been voted the ‘Sexiest Governor in the U.S.’ by strippers. According to the Playboy Radio poll, the ‘Terminator’ star - who is currently serving as the 38th Governor of California - is the one strippers would most like to date, reports Contactmusic. Schwarzenegger has beaten President George W. Bush's brother Jeb, the Governor of Florida, and Michigan's Jennifer...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
A suburban housewife arrested at her upscale home near San Diego 32 years after escaping a Detroit-area prison is pinning her hopes of clemency on Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
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Clutch Magazine (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
... topple Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick by starting their own impeachment-like process and petitioning Gov. Jennifer Granholm to oust him. The possibility emerged as a compromise late Monday among members who are mostly united in their desire to boot Kilpatrick, but have bickered lately over how to do so. But the alliance of five council members is tenuous. There appears to be more support...
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BlackPoliticsontheWeb.com (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
CHRIS CHRISTOFF, Detroit Free Press - Gov. Jennifer Granholm remained noncommittal Tuesday about what steps, if any, she might take now that she will receive a formal request from the Detroit City Council to remove Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office. “We’re not going to offer a reaction because we don't want to compromise the process,” Granholm spokeswoman [...]
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
... this afternoon when a legislative committee hears from Senate analysts.Fiscal experts and Gov. Jennifer Granholm's administration will meet Friday to agree on how much tax revenue state government can expect to collect.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
... this afternoon when a legislative committee hears from Senate analysts.Fiscal experts and Gov. Jennifer Granholm's administration will meet Friday to agree on how much tax revenue state government can expect to collect.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
... afternoon when a legislative committee hears from Senate analysts.Fiscal experts and Governor Jennifer Granholm's administration will meet Friday to agree on how much tax revenue state government can expect to collect.
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
DETROIT - The City Council yesterday narrowly approved taking the first step toward removing Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who is charged with perjury over explicit text messages sent to a former aide.Council members voted 5-4 to begin forfeiture-of-office proceedings against Kilpatrick. On a separate 5-4 vote, they approved asking Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to remove Kilpatrick from office...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
... already on record in support of a similar measure, the ban seemed destined for the desk of Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who has promised to sign it.The Senate's poison pillBut of course, it's not that simple.State Rep. Bert Johnson, D-Detroit, who chairs the House Detroit caucus, joined with most of his Democratic colleagues in supporting the House's smoking ban, which -- unlike the Senate...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Detroit City Council members aren't the only ones divided about their decision to seek the ouster of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.City residents are just as torn.Some Kilpatrick critics applauded the council -- which voted 5-4 Tuesday to begin seeking the mayor's removal and ask Gov. Jennifer Granholm to remove him -- but others say Kilpatrick should be left to run the city until he has his...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
... House Fiscal Agency.In all, a weak economy and tax credits will leave $430 million less for Gov. Jennifer Granholm's proposed 2008-09 budget than previously expected, according to the fiscal agency.The analysis takes into account higher gas prices, which increase the sales tax the state collects on gas sales.Two House Republicans have called for suspending the sales tax on gas from...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
... him to resign, then Tuesday, starting the process to dump him and simultaneously asking Gov. Jennifer Granholm to use her authority under state law to remove him.The net effect of all this is no relationship at all between the executive and legislative branches of city government. Can the Council even legally approve a budget submitted by a mayor who its majority has said does not...
