Michigan Emergency Manager Law

On Monday's Conversations with Jason Cooper we'll be joined by Derk Wilcox, Senior Attorney at the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation, to discuss the lawsuit filed last week on the behalf of three teachers against the Taylor Federation of Teachers and the Taylor School District over forced dues extension...

Tune in to Conversations with Jason Cooper on Tuesday at 11 a.m. when Crime Stoppers Coordinator and Flint Police Officer Tanya Meeks stops by the studio. Along with an unsolved crime and how you can help, Meeks will also share a crime prevention tip...

Michigan voters have rejected all of the statewide ballot proposals that were before them yesterday. Find out the details and how this will affect the future of Michigan and, more specifically, Flint here.

A poll released by the Detroit News says if the election were held today, "Michigan's emergency manager law would survive a referendum." Of the likely voters surveyed statewide, the 2011 law giving state-appointed managers broad powers to suspend union contracts would pass by a margin of 53 percent to 33 percent...

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette issued an opinion Monday afternoon on the state's return to Public Act 72. Last Friday the Michigan Supreme Court ruled voters will get the opportunity in November to have their say on Public Act 4, the state's controversial Emergency Manager law...

Governor Rick Snyder issued a statement in response to a Michigan Court of Appeals decision on a ballot measure challenging Public Act 4: "We are pleased that this panel followed the letter of the Michigan Election Law and stayed the effects of its ruling so that PA 4 remains in effect...

Hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") for natural gas, the constitutionality of Michigan's Emergency Manager law and Cyber Schools are the topics for discussion on The Tom Sumner Program for Friday May 4 from 6-9 p.m.  Guests include MI Green Party co-chair Matt de Heus who has degrees in chemical engineering and mechanical manufacturing, Political Science Instructor and Flint City Coun