Dana Nessel and Pat Miles.
Dana Nessel and Pat Miles.
Bill Ballenger and Dennis Denno, veterans of Michigan politics, discuss timely issues on "The Friday Morning Podcast," sponsored by Deadline Detroit:
- A bout intensifies for the Democratic nomination for Michigan attorney general. Dana Nessel has had Pat Miles on the ropes, but now the UAW endorses Miles and he has filed a complaint against Nessel.
- A new Denno Research poll shows Bill Schuette hanging on to lead for the GOP gubernatorial nod, but support appears to be eroding.
- The year-long petition drive to put a part-time Legislature proposal on the statewide ballot has ended in failure.
- Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller blasts her own Republican governor, Rick Snyder, for allowing Nestle to increase its groundwater withdrawal.
- State receivership ends in Flint, but can the city keep its fiscal house in order going forward?
- Former Michigan GOP Chairman Saul Anuzis is named head of a conservative AARP-type organization for citizens over 60.
