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Michigan Policast for Monday, June 10, 2019
Segment One: John James takes on Gary Peters
- Gary Peters – 4th-most effective Senator in the minority party in enacting and advancing legislation
- Gary Peters for Senate – US Military service
- Gary Peters – 2014 Senatorial General Election Results
- John James – 2018 Senatorial General Election Results
- State OKs incentives for Northville Township tech center, Detroit logistics company
Over the past few weeks, the Council has also voted to give 10 and 15 year Renaissance Zone tax credit extensions to the James Group International/OJ Land Development and 1208 Woodward, LLC, in exchange for a guarantee of —ELEVEN JOBS.
- Republicans Just Scored A Strong Recruit In The Michigan Senate Race
- John James pursues second run for U.S. Senate in Michigan
- Inside Elections Senate Ratings
- Cook Political Report Senate Ratings
Segment Two: Elliot-Larson Civil Rights Act
- Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act (pdf)
- Hoadley Calls on Legislative Leaders to Take Next Step – Expand the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act
- AG Nessel issues statement on expansion of Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act
- State Democrats continue call to expand Michigan's civil rights protections to include LGBTQ people
- Whitmer, lawmakers to push anti-discrimination bill for LGBT community
Segment Three: Presidential politics
- Jay Inslee to talk climate action at Detroit campaign stop
- Inslee insists climate change plan beats those of Democratic rivals
- Democratic president candidate Julian Castro makes two stops in Flint
- Elizabeth Warren outlines green manufacturing plan in Detroit
- Elizabeth Warren touts climate plan to ‘clean up America,' create jobs
- Elizabeth Warren wants Detroit to lead clean energy economy
Five years since the beginning of the Flint water crisis and many folks still don’t have access to clean water. I traveled to Flint this weekend to send the message to folks in this community that on this campaign, and in my administration, we won’t forget them. pic.twitter.com/2DvfZ2wxHR
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) June 9, 2019
Segment Four: Michigan economy is a mixed bag
- Rick Haglund: Below the surface, Michigan’s economy has serious flaws
- Low-wage working households on the rise in Michigan
- Senate Fiscal Agency – Michigan Economic Indicators February 2019 (pdf) – Investment levels in the chart below:
- WalletHub – 2019’s Best & Worst State Economies
- WalletHub – Most Educated States
- Education Trust-Midwest’s Annual Report on Status of Michigan K-12 Focuses on Better Ways to Help State’s Students Learn, Succeed
- 2019 State of Michigan Education Report (Michigan Achieves) on SCRIBD
- SaveMICity – A great resource on funding municipalities and how/why Michigan municipalities have been underfunded for years.
- Median Annual Household Income
- Best States 2019 – US News & World Report (pdf)
- Top 10 Reasons Why Michigan is AutoMobility (pdf) – Detroit Chamber stats on the new auto industry
Special Audio Segment:
“Omaha Beach was the one that really took it bad, and I dare say we lost as many in the 3 or 4 hours as we had in the whole war so far.”
“I was liberated on the 18th of June… I was blessed to become a prisoner and come to the United States of America. My enemy was Hitler, I always had faith in the Americans and the British.”
More stuff:
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