Blog tagged as Democrats

Dems, Business Community's Post '22 Relationship Growing Frigid With Policy Differences

06/06/23 10:40 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Dems, Business Community's Post '22 Relationship Growing Frigid With Policy Differences
The relationship between Michigan's business associations and the Legislature's Democratic majorities could become more frigid as workforce and regulatory reforms go beyond the expected.

No Labels' Michigan Launch Next Month

06/06/23 10:23 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
No Labels' Michigan Launch Next Month
In order to have any hope of influencing the 2024 presidential election cycle, the newly formed third political party known as "No Labels," has a first-things-first assignment: Get on the ballot in all 50 states.

Are Dems More Reserved Since Being The Majority?

06/01/23 03:12 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Are Dems More Reserved Since Being The Majority?
As Michigan's Democratic trifecta approaches the halfway point of its first year in power, one might wonder what happened to the fiery no-vote explanations and debate points from Democrats who once dissented from the pack.

Republicans In Michigan Underperforming Base By 6 Points

05/09/23 09:59 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Republicans In Michigan Underperforming Base By 6 Points
In years past, EPIC-MRA's polling has shown that the voting public hasn't been big fans of the Legislature, regardless of which party was calling the shots.

House-Senate In A Mexican Standoff Over Republicans' Piece Of Marshall Plant Deal

04/14/23 09:30 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
House-Senate In A Mexican Standoff Over Republicans' Piece Of Marshall Plant Deal
A month after it looked as if Republicans were going to notch their biggest policy wins of the 2023-24 session, a pair of boutique business tax cuts and a couple other reforms they received for supplying votes for the Ford supplemental are stuck in neutral.