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Former Michigan Gov. Granholm joins Dow Chemical board

By | 03.24.11 | 5:04 pm | More from The Michigan Messenger

Just months after ending an eight-year-long term as governor, Jennifer Granholm has joined the Dow Chemical board of directors.

In announcing her new role Dow Chairman and CEO Andrew Liveris said that Ganholm has a “demonstrated track record of cultivating many public-sector and private-sector collaborations that have laid the groundwork More…

Michigan, Kansas, Missouri Go to the Polls

By | 08.03.10 | 9:42 am

Quick primary update: Michigan, Kansas, and Missouri all go to the polls today to select a slew of candidates. All three are states where Republicans hope to either hold steady or make big gains.

Michigan has the most races of interest, including a governor’s seat that Republicans hope to recapture More…

Michigan Government Shuts Down Briefly, but Still No Budget

By | 10.01.09 | 9:39 am

The Michigan Messenger reports that Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D-Mich.) temporarily laid off state workers at midnight after the state legislature failed to pass a budget for fiscal year 2010. However, two hours later, Granholm signed a resolution passed by the Senate allowing the government to continue operating More…

Michigan: Send Us Your Prisoners

By | 07.10.09 | 12:17 pm

The Michigan Messenger reports that Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D-Mich.) is looking to stimulate the local economy by importing prisoners from out-of-state.

California and Michigan prison officials continue to negotiate a move of California prisoners to two of Michigan’s soon to be closed prisons. Michigan officials have been

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Call Off the Granholm Speculation?

By | 05.18.09 | 12:42 pm

The event that’s bringing Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D-Mich.) to the White House tomorrow might be the announcement of new CAFE standards. It’s a marquee event, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Calif.) is en route, even though tomorrow is election day for a series of Arnold-backed California ballot initiatives.

Conyers: Don’t Appoint Granholm to Supreme Court

By | 05.18.09 | 10:27 am

Over at TWI’s sister site, The Michigan Messenger, Todd Heywood caught up with House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.), who had some surprising things to say about the potential nomination of Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D-Mich.) to the Supreme Court.

U.S. Rep. John Conyers

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Granholm to the Supreme Court?

By | 05.18.09 | 9:14 am

The Committee for Justice blogs about speculation that the Jennifer Granholm, the Democratic governor of Michigan is headed to Washington, and road-tests some arguments against her.

As Ed Brayton of TWI’s sister site, The Michigan Messenger, suggested last week, the biggest obstacles to More…

Granholm’s Tax Problems Could Derail Potential Supreme Court Nomination

By | 05.14.09 | 12:18 pm

While recent reports suggest that Michigan’s Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm is on President Obama’s shortlist of potential nominees to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, her nomination could very likely be imperiled by — surprise! — tax problems.

Ed Brayton of TWI’s sister site, More…