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Mackinac Island, MI – Mackinac Island was full of Republican Party loyalists over the weekend for a G-O-P strategy conference. Much of the discussion focused on the state s economic woes. Those who attended events at the Grand Hotel mingled with presidential hopefuls and movers-and-shakers in the party. And all eyes were on the five gubernatorial candidates for the Republican nomination, who participated in their first debate and straw poll. There was another group of people that drew a lot of attention as well. AUDIO:
Horn s bar in the downtown strip on Mackinac Island is flooded with college students. A live band plays, beer bottles clink, a few people pour into the street - it could easily be mistaken for a scene from spring break.
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by Allan Lengel Michigan Republican Party Chair Laura Cox is accusing her predecessor and
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facto successor of using $200,000 of party funds to pay a candidate not to run for secretary of state in 2018, claiming it s a potential campaign finance law violation. In an explosive letter Thursday to state Republican committee members obtained by Deadline Detroit, Cox alleges former chair Ron Weiser of arranging payments totaling $200,000 to Shelby Township Clerk Stan Grot to skip a statewide campaign three years ago. The letter comes two days before the state party convention and highlights division in the party at a time when the national GOP is similarly split.
State and Federal Immigration Policy Challenges Republicans and Democrats The politics of immigration policy are tricky for both parties. Andy Kim | September 2010
The immigration issue seems to run like the tides it ebbs and flows in a rhythm that appears to be coordinated with the economy s health. Not too many years ago, a lot of states allowed illegal immigrants to obtain driver s licenses, health benefits or even receive in-state tuition to attend college. But as the economy has soured, illegal immigration has flowed back into the mainstream of ultra-sensitive issues.
Both the substance and politics of the immigration dilemma are complicated, for both political parties and at the federal and state levels.