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Getting started in political bloggingGetting started in political blogging

I'm going to be on with Tony later this morning to discuss political blogging. I thought I'd start at the very beginning. ...

AG Bill Schuette using his office as a right wing political toolAG Bill Schuette using his office as a right wing political tool

I'll be on First Shift this morning to discuss Bill Schuette's actions so far as Attorney General. Here's some of the research...

Wisconsin Democrats submit more than 1,000,000 signatures to recall Gov WalkerWisconsin Democrats submit more than 1,000,000 signatures to recall Gov Walker

Wisconsin's anti-union, anti-middle class, anti-99% governor is about to have his hat handed to him.  The people of...

Asking for democracy is democracy in actionAsking for democracy is democracy in action

Say what? Well I was checking out this article on the MLK march on Snyder's residence, and found this tidbit here:"We elect...

‘Choose Life’ plates would fund Right to Life through the Secretary of State‘Choose Life’ plates would fund Right to Life through the Secretary of State

Based on what we've seen of Snyder & the GOP legislature so far, this is definitely going to pass:Among the legislation...

Welcome to cbdcWelcome to cbdc

Hello listeners of First Shift. Thanks for stopping by. This blog is about to be rebooted and will have new posts again in a...

Governor Granholm Announces $25 Million For Cities Of Promise

Another shameless leftyblog plug…

Governor Granholm Announces $25 Million For Cities Of Promise

Governor Granholm announced Tuesday that the Michigan State Housing Development Authority will fund up to $25 million over the next four years to help eliminate blight in her eight “Cities of Promise.”

The cities targeted are Detroit, Pontiac, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Flint, [...]

Why We Love The Gov

Cross-posted at BFM

I came across an interesting LSJ article this morning, which underscored some of the points we’ve been making at BFM.

First I’m going to say how irritated I am that it’s an LSJ article … I’m still mad at them.  So, I’m going to link the article because I’m referencing it, [...]

Governor Granholm Signs Interpreter Bill

Cross posted at bloggingformichigan.com

The Deaf Edge has a post on the new law signed by Governor Granholm. 

The legislation requires employers, state and local governments, public and private schools, hospitals, restaurants, and other entities providing services to the public, to provide effective communication services to all.  The law also requires that reasonable notice [...]

BFM Migrates To Soapblox

Some of you may have noticed that I’ve been working with ‘Z’ over at BFM. We recently moved the site from the WordPress platform to Soapblox.

As a result there may be some technical issues to work out. If you subscribed via RSS you may have to update your feedreader. (http://bloggingformichigan.com/feed). We may also lose [...]

Governor Launches New Website Today

Governor Granholm is officially launching her new website today. The site can be accessed at http://www.jennifergranholm.com, and features online advocacy tools and the latest information on budget negotiations. The site also houses a blog, called “The Conversation”, the contents of which will also be posted on Michigan Liberal.