Up North Progressive
Politics and commentary for Northern MichiganMonthly Archives:
Marijuana Alone Won’t Fix the Damn Roads But It Could Help
Thursday , 30, May 2019 Governor Gretchen Whitmer Leave a commentThe Michigan Policy Conference on Mackinac Island is wrapping up today. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the new auto insurance reform law that will hopefully lower the highest premiums in the country. Noted along with the irony that the governor signed the bill while visiting the one place in the state where cars are not allowed […]
Two Michigan Republicans Made Headlines This Week: Guess Which One the @GOP’s Mad At
Saturday , 18, May 2019 Sad! Leave a commentThis has been a banner week for Republicans demonstrating just how ethically bankrupt they are. On May 15, 2019, State House District 104 Rep Larry Inman did a little oopsie when he deliberately texted leadership of the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and other unions demanding donations for his no vote on a bill to […]
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@CoreCivic and @WeAreGeo Tug of War: North Lake Correctional Facility Has a Future (Again)
Friday , 3, May 2019 GEO Group, Punk Prison 4 CommentsIn the world of for-profit incarceration, one company’s loss is another company’s gain. GEO Group announced on May 2, 2019, their successful contract bid with the Federal Bureau of Prisons to house 5,000 prisoners for the next ten years. CoreCivic, formerly CCA, issued a statement the day before the Federal Bureau of Prisons ended a […]