Insider Intelligence

While this election year the Presidential race is getting most of the media coverage, voters throughout Michigan will be voting on many important races next week. As is the case every two years, all of Michigan’s fourteen U.S. Representatives are up for reelection.  Of those, only two seats are open due to the current Congressional […]

On Monday, the Michigan Democratic Party announced they nominated Suzanna Shkreli to run as the party’s nominee in the 8th Congressional District.  Ms. Shkreli is an assistant Macomb County Prosecutor, currently serving in the Child Protection Unit. Ms. Shkreli replaces Melissa Gilbert, the former Democratic nominee in the district, who announced that due to medical […]

This year, due to retirements, there are two open Congressional districts in Michigan.  As is the case when a seat opens, several candidates throw their name into the hat to compete in the primary race.  This year was no exception, except that in both races despite there being several high political profile candidates, the “outsiders” […]

On Tuesday, Governor Rick Snyder sent a letter to Michigan’s Congressional delegation formally requesting the federal government to full fund reconstruction of portions of the Soo Locks.  Specifically, he requests funding for replacing the Davis and Sabin Locks with a larger, single lock to make waterway traffic and shipping more reliable. In 2015, the United […]

This week, United States Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow sent a letter to the State of Michigan urging the Michigan Petroleum Pipeline Task Force to swiftly complete a full and independent risk analysis and alternative assessment of Line 5 following a recent University of Michigan study modeling the disastrous effects of an oil spill […]

On Thursday, the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reforms Committee announced two upcoming hearing dates related to the Flint water crisis.  On March 15 at 10 a.m., the committee will hear testimony from former Flint Emergency Manager Darnell Earley, former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Susan Hedman, and Virginia Tech researcher Marc Edwards.  Two days […]

This week the Chairman of the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reforms Committee announced his committee will hold additional hearings on the Flint Water Crisis.  Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) stated “We are committed to investigating the failures in Flint. We appreciate Governor Snyder’s willingness to appear before the Committee and look forward to hearing from […]

On Tuesday, February 2, Michigan Congresswoman Candice Miller (R-Harrison Twp.), introduced the Drinking Water Contamination Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2016, providing $1 billion in funding to replace the underground water line infrastructure in the City of Flint.  While the Congresswoman acknowledge the State of Michigan is culpable for the situation, she stated the federal […]