MIRS Monday Podcast

MIRS Monday, July 15, 2013

Sen. Roger Kahn (R-Saginaw) gives an update on the Senate's Medicaid expansion workgroup. What does the timeline look like? How extensive will the changes be to the House bill? Kahn tackles these and other questions. Also, Rep. Andy Schor visits MIRS world headquarters to talk about Medicaid, starting school before labor day and giving college graduates who stay in Michigan tax credits.

MIRS Monday, July 8, 2013

Brian Rooney, the deputy director of the Department of Human Services, talks about efforts to coordinate data sharing among state government agencies. Also, the MIRS team talks term limits, Attorney General Bill Schuette's July 5 release of his 2012 tax numbers and Terri Lynn Land's quiet U.S. Senate campaign bid.

Medicaid Expansion In Committee

The Senate Government Operations Committee met today for less than ten minutes to update folks on the Medicaid Expansion work group. Listen in for the entire meeting.

MIRS Monday Podcast, July 1, 2013

MIRS checks in with Rep. Pete Lund on no-fault reform -- what's the timeline? What concessions is he willing to make for bipartisan support? What impact do big issues like Medicaid expansion and road funding have on no-fault reform? Also, the MIRS crew reviews a series of legal opinons on gay rights issues, backtracks to pontificate on Medicaid inaction, and previews an exclusive series on term limits.

MIRS Monday, June 24, 2013

In the post-Medicaid expansion non-vote edition of the MIRS Monday podcast, Rep. Mike Shirkey asks the Senate, "Are they really interested in driving to a solution?" House Minority Leader Tim Greimel says "the Tea Party is running our state." Also, the MIRS team compares the House's action and Senate inaction on Medicaid expansion to "trust falls."

Gov. Rick Snyder press conference on Medicaid expansion - 6/20/13

Gov. Rick Snyder held a press conference in his Capitol office at 4:15 p.m. after he was made aware the majority Senate Republicans were not going to take a vote on Medicaid expansion. Snyder urges the Senate to "Take a vote, not a vacation."

MIRS Monday, June 17, 2013

Three state senators get primary election threats from the political right with specific challengers only a few days before an expected Senate vote on a Medicaid expansion. How will this impact the vote? The Democrats also now have their first Attorney General candidates. Also, Rep. Frank Foster (R-Pellston) talks about his "yes" vote on Medicaid expansion, his support of expanding the Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act to include gays and lesbians and his vision on how Republicans keep control of the House after the 2014 election.

MIRS Monday, June 10, 2013

Senate Education Committee Chair Phil Pavlov (R-St. Clair) talks about why legislation that allows the state to dissolve financially struggling school districts is necessary. Rep. Stacy Erwin Oakes (D-Saginaw) talks about why she wants lawmakers to slow down debate on the subject. Also, when will a road funding package emerge from the Legislature? Why are lawmakers putting more money into Capitol security and why is perception over Medicaid expansion/reform vital to its passage?

MIRS Monday, June 3, 2013

Gov. Rick Snyder talks to MIRS from Mackinac Island after a busy week. What relentlessly positive spin does he put on the legislative inaction on his two largest budget priorities -- Medicaid expansion and the transportation funding debate? Listen to find out. Also, MIRS Publisher John Reurink recaps the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce conference and the Council of Great Lakes Governors gathering. The MIRS team gives its take on Terri Lynn Land sticking her feet in the U.S. Senate race.

MIRS Monday, May 27, 2013

Listen to a special interview with House Minority Floor Leader-elect David Rutledge, as well as commentary on Gov. Rick Snyder's "New Energy to Reinvent and Diversify (NERD)" fund, the Detroit mayoral race, the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce conference and editor Kyle Melinn's short rant on Amish cookies.