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Conyers Rips Obama On Health Care In Interview
Conyers: I'm getting tired of saving Obama's can in the White House
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Report: Senate Health Bill to Cost $849B
The political stakes enormous, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid launched long-awaited health care legislation Wednesday estimated to extend coverage to 94 percent of eligible Americans at a cost of $849 billion.
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Hundreds Line Up For Chance To Meet Palin
Hundreds of Sarah Palin fans lined up Wednesday at a Grand Rapids book store to get the chance to meet the former Alaska governor as she kicked off a national tour for her book ``Going Rogue.''
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Holder: Failure Not An Option With 9/11 Mastermind
Attorney General explains his prosecutorial strategy to the Senate Judiciary Committee, where lawmakers questioned him over his decision to send Mohammed and four alleged henchmen to New York for a federal trial.
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President: Afghan Decision Still Weeks Off
President Obama sat down for a one-on-one interview with CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Chip Reid, and addressed his administration's pending decision about U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, as well as Sarah Palin.
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Palin Begins Book Tour In Michigan
In her new HarperCollins book, "Going Rogue," the former governor of Alaska and 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate states that Michigan is “where I ‘went rogue’ trying to reach out to during the campaign.”
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Proposal Would Change Michigan Term Limits Law
The proposal would continue to limit lawmakers to 14 years in the Legislature but would allow lawmakers to split their time between the House and Senate or spend all 14 years in one chamber.
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Mich. Senate OKs Funding Change For State Parks
The Michigan Senate has voted to eliminate state park entrance fees and instead ask drivers to voluntarily pay higher vehicle registration fees.
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MI Senate Rejects Gov.'s Plan To Appoint Directors
The Michigan Senate has rejected Gov. Jennifer Granholm's order letting her appoint two department directors now named by commissions.
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Poll: Grouchy Public Sticking With Obama
President Barack Obama still has the approval of a majority of Americans, but it's an increasingly pessimistic nation.
The public grew slightly more dispirited on a range of matters over the past month, including war and the economy, continuing the slippage that has occurred since Obama took office, the latest AP-GfK poll shows.
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Health Care Battle Rages In Michigan
Health care reform is shaping up to be the pivotal issue for next year's congressional elections in Metro Detroit, with opposing voices on both sides of the issue fighting to be heard.
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The New Detroit Council Meets
Meeting together for the first time since winning election, seven of the nine members of the incoming Detroit City Council gathered at the WWJ studios to answer questions about the future of the city.
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Mayor Talks Labor, Focus, Future of Detroit
Detroit's newly re-elected Mayor says now that the voting is over, Detroit's remaining unions must get on board with the concessions already taken by salaried workers and other unions. Here Dave Bings interview with WWJ.
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Gov. To Act On 6 Remaining Budget Bills Friday
Gov. Jennifer Granholm is getting ready to wrap up action on the six remaining budget bills on her desk. The governor's office on Thursday scheduled an 11 a.m. Friday conference call with reporters to discuss what are expected to be vetoes to portions of the bills.
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Doctor Tax Dies In Senate
The state Senate has voted to kill a proposed three percent tax on doctors that would have gone toward treatment for Medicaid patients.
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