Iraq a mistake, non-elected candidates, and Gretchen Whitmer on the importance of communicating with your legislators

Gretchen Whitmer

Today we bring some headlines back to the briefing. 10 years later, many see Iraq War as costly mistake Leader says Dems have time to find top candidates Tim Skubick: Who’s lining up in mad scramble to fill Carl Levin’s U.S. Senate seat POLITIBOMB MSNBC ending Ed Schultz’s weekday show The interview today is Senator [...]

The People’s News 7/14/11

Here are today's top stories – Macomb Daily: Surprise! School taxes up in many Macomb districts and MCC - Macomb Community College and more than a dozen local school districts across the county have quietly boosted property taxes, and officials blame the increase on the same dramatically lower property values that have caused cash-strapped homeowners to deal [...]

The People’s News 6/29

Happy Wednesday! Thanks to everyone who turned out for a very special event in Monroe last week! Here's your news…   WILX: Lay­offs Unknown Ter­ri­tory for Lans­ing Fire It’s all because of bud­get cuts, and it could have been worse. Orig­i­nally 68 of them got lay­off notices. Half of them took demo­tions, and then, to save 23 [...]

Contact Senators Levin & Stabenow: Public Option

Please contact them about supporting a robust public option: leave a voice mail, send a fax, fire off an email. Do it before Monday morning. The Senate’s health care reform bill will likely take its final shape very early this week. If Senators see a flood of support, we have a much better chance of [...]