Blog tagged as Republicans

Special Elections A Cost To Locals Without Legislative Change 

11/28/23 01:27 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Special Elections A Cost To Locals Without Legislative Change 

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 11/27/2023) Without legislative change, the cost of putting on this year's special elections will fall to county and municipal governments that run them, Michigan Bureau of Elections Director Jon Brater told MIRS.  

 

He referenced two special ele...

Trump Appears On 2024 Presidential Primary Candidate List, Primary Set For Feb. 27 

11/14/23 03:53 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Trump Appears On 2024 Presidential Primary Candidate List, Primary Set For Feb. 27 
Former President Donald Trump appeared on the list of Michigan's Feb. 27 presidential primary candidates released by Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson Monday.

Alternate GOP Elector Can't Take Case To Federal Court 

11/06/23 04:26 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Alternate GOP Elector Can't Take Case To Federal Court 
A federal judge rejected a Grand Blanc woman’s request to move her state charges related to the GOP alternate electors’ scheme to federal court.

Republicans Refuse To Vote On Steering Sales Tax To Fight Crime

11/03/23 05:07 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Republicans Refuse To Vote On Steering Sales Tax To Fight Crime
The House failed to get the votes needed to pass legislation directing a piece of the state’s sales tax revenue to local governments with high crime rates after Republican members in politically competitive Detroit suburbs and four Democrats declined to vote.

Acquitted Whitmer Kidnap Plotter Given Proclamation

10/31/23 03:29 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Acquitted Whitmer Kidnap Plotter Given Proclamation
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's press secretary called for Rep. Rachelle Smit (R-Shelbyville) and Leader Matt Hall (R-Kalamazoo) to answer for proclamations "saluting" twin brothers whose "government – state and federal – betrayed" them when they were tried for assisting in the plot to kidnap Whitmer.