Michigan’s Senate extends expired licenses and waives fees in a bid to force Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to abandon her appointment-only system for branch services.
by Nancy Derringer More years ago than I care to remember, I packed my meager belongings and relocated from my native Ohio to Indiana. A new job awaited me, along with an education in an issue I hoped never to revisit again – the twice-a-year changing of the clocks. Indiana was then a stubborn outlier among the United States, in keeping with its bedrock belief that if all the other states were jumping off a bridge, they wouldn’t do it too, because Hoosiers have so much common sense, and are also more change-phobic than your grandfather. With the exception of a few counties, Indiana stayed on Eastern Standard Time year-round. No springing forward, no falling back. Set it and forget it.
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Since 2007, Rebekah Warren has represented Washtenaw County in the Michigan Legislature. The Ann Arbor Democrat was first elected to the state House from the 53rd District. After one term, she won election to the state Senate where she served two terms. Then, after a move to a different part of the city, Warren won another session in the House, but from the 55th district. Now, term limits will bring an end to that part of her career. WEMU’s David Fair spent some time with the outgoing representative, reflecting on a long legislative career and looking to what comes next.