Michigan Republicans have a long history of being on the wrong side of many of the issues the citizens of Michigan care most about. From education to privatizing essential government services like prisons and schools, they have invariably sided with the corporatists who stand to benefit most from shifting tax dollars to corporate bank accounts. I thought I had seen them at their worst when they passed the what Rachel Maddow called “THE most radical Republican experiment in the 21st Century”, Michigan’s odious Emergency Manager Law and when they formed the school district for wayward Detroit schools the Education Achievement Authority and then put the extraordinary grifter John Covington in charge with the predictably tragic results.
Without evidence, state Legislature votes to subpoena elections bureau
The Lansing Capitol building is being monitored on Election Day to prevent possible protests from arising. Shot on Nov. 3, 2020. Photo by Lauren DeMay | The State News
Just as former Vice President Joe Biden secured the 270 electoral votes to become the 46th president of the United States, in Michigan, a joint state Senate and House oversight committee voted along party lines to subpoena documents relating to the 2020 election, investigating irregularities without evidence.
Chair of the committee, Sen. Ed McBroom (R-Vulcan) acknowledged that reports of irregularities were anecdotal, but insisted that a subpoena for documents would provide clarity because the public is at a fever pitch of interest
For several weeks now, my intrepid and hard-working reporter colleague Chad Livengood and I have been trying to explain why the state of Michigan's vaccination percent administration numbers are so low — now the 20th lowest in the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and…
The less said about the media's treatment of Gov. Cuomo aka "The Butcher of Albany" the better. If journos were capable of shame, they'd be embarrassed.
“We didn’t know what we were in for.” - Chad Livengood, Crain’s Detroit Business.
On Detroit Today, Stephen Henderson and Chad Livengood of Crain’s Detroit Business reflect on some of the biggest statewide stories of the year as we all try to process some of what has happened in the last 12 months.
Listen: Chad Livengood of Crain’s Detroit Business reflects on 2020 with Stephen Henderson
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“We didn’t know what we were in for,” says Livengood, reflecting on the early days of the pandemic. He says he didn’t think he’d ever cover a story bigger or more all-consuming than Detroit’s bankruptcy, but 2020 proved him wrong.