East Lansing Community Calendars and Anual Reports Available
With a new year upon us, don't forget to pick up a copy of the City of East Lansing's 2014 Annual Report & 2015 Community Calendar! The...
Brimstone Hill Fortress
Sarah Gonzales Triplett and I visited the Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park this morning. Brimstone Hill is designated as a UNESCO...
Religious Freedom Bill May Hinder Progress
My guest column in Bridge Magazine: "Lawmakers shouldn’t pass a bill that could lead to court-clogging lawsuits, expensive legal bills...
Bolger's Plan No Good for Michigan
Investing in our transportation infrastructure is critical, but it must NOT be funded by diverting sorely needed funds from our schools...
Bailey Early Age Childcare Program
The City Council is often called upon to make difficult decisions about the allocation of scare taxpayer resources. The discussion around...
Could Michigan GOP Undermine East Lansing?
MLive.com's Jonathan Oosting did a good story on the license to discriminate legislation approved by the State House. Unfortunately, as...
House Republicans Aren't Doing Enough on Roads
Senate Democratic Leader Gretchen Whitmer gets it right: "[T]he State House made the irrational and ill-advised decision to disregard the...
Nondiscrimination and the Michigan Democratic Party
As Chair of the Rules Committee, I had the privilege of presiding over a session of the Michigan Democratic Party's State Central...
Orion Launch
Thirty minutes ago, a new era of American space exploration dawned with the successful launch of NASA's Orion spacecraft. Orion will be...
Lame Duck
LAME DUCK UPDATE: The House Judiciary Committee approved HB 5958, the so-called "Religious Freedom Restoration Act." What it actually...
