Michigan Politics

The Michigan Briefing
Friday, August 05, 2005


GOVERNOR VISITS TRAVERSE CITY, SAYS ECONOMIC PLAN WILL BUILD ON STRENGTHS TO CREATE DIVERSE JOBS 8-3-05

Governor Jennifer M. Granholm is in Traverse City today to speak to automotive researchers and visit a local high tech manufacturer to highlight her five-part economic plan. The Governor said the two visits demonstrate the state's goal of building on its existing economic strengths
while growing cutting edge technologies including life sciences, homeland security and alternative energies. For more information, visit: LINK


STABENOW: JOB CREATION REMAINS A TOP LEGISLATIVE GOAL; TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS, TRADE ENFORCEMENT AND ASSISTANCE FOR MANUFACTERERS WILL HELP SAVE, BUILD JOBS 8-4-05

Michigan entrepreneurs are ready for the challenge of world-competition, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow said today. But, she said, the federalgovernment also has a role to play by enforcing trade agreements and fostering research to keep the U.S. on the cutting edge of new technology.
For more information, visit: LINK


BREWER CALLS ON DEVOS TO DEMAND HIS MONEY BACK FROM GOP REP. TANCREDO; DEVOS SHOULD DEMAND A FULL REFUND OVER CONGRESSMAN'S ANTI-ISLAMIC STATEMENTS 8-4-05

Today Michigan Democratic Party Chair Mark Brewer called on GOP gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos to demand his money back from right wing extremist Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO). Tancredo, who in 1998 received $1,000 from DeVos' political action committee Restoring the American Dream, was the recent author of reprehensible anti-Islamic statements. For more
information, visit: LINK


MARK BREWER: COX, LAND WRONG ON PETITION FRAUD CLAIMS 8-2-05

Read Brewer's letter to the Lansing State Journal at LINK


GRANHOLM: EIGHT MORE JAPANESE COMPANIES TO INVEST IN MICHIGAN, MISSION A SPECTACULAR SUCCESS; MEETINGS WITH COMPANY LEADERS SCORE MAJOR GAINS FOR STATE 8-2-05

Wrapping up her investment mission to Japan, Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today announced eight additional companies expressed to her and the Michigan delegation their plans to invest and create new jobs in Michigan in the near future. The eight companies are: Hitachi Automotive, Sekisui Chemical, Nippon Antenna, Nippon Piston Ring, Advanced Special Tools, Nakagawa Special Steel, Taiko Device Technologies and A&D Inc. For more information, visit: LINK


U.S. SENATOR DEBBIE STABENOW VISITS SAULT STE. MARIE, DISCUSSES HIGHWAY FUNDING AND JOB CREATION 8-3-05

The $286 billion transportation funding bill approved by Congress last week will create more than 61,500 jobs in Michigan and provides $2 million for the West Portage Avenue realignment and another $6 million for I-75 construction down to the U.S. 2 intersection at St. Ignace, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow said today. For more information, visit: LINK


MDP HONORS 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT 8-3-05

This week marks the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Voting Rights Act was a significant gain for civil rights because it helped millions exercise their right to vote by outlawing poll taxes and literacy tests among other things. For more information, visit: LINK


REPUBLICAN PARTY'S CHOICES NO GOOD FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTERS 8-4-05

The Republican National Committee's annual summer meeting, titled "Give Us a Chance, We'll Give You a Choice," begins today in Pittsburgh, PA. Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean today noted that President Bush's choices never seem to be in the interests of African American working families. For more information, visit: LINK


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