Lansing - House Republicans have offered their support for expanding the Medicaid insurance program if low-income adults can be limited to four years of coverage in their lifetime - a stipulation likely to be rejected by the Obama administration.
East Lansing - Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson compared fellow Republican and House Speaker Jase Bolger to Nazi leader Adolph Hitler on Friday in a public television interview.
Eight state House Democrats who lost their committee assignments Tuesday got them back Wednesday.
Republican House Speaker Jase Bolger of Marshall removed the lawmakers, including Representative Kate Segal of Battle Creek, saying they had missed too many committee meetings. But the Gongwer News Service says Bolger reversed the decision after what he called “positive” meetings with the eight legislators.
LANSING, MI - Bickering in the Michigan House has led to some Democrats being removed from committee assignments. An email from the office of House Speaker Jase Bolger, R-Marshall, said eight Democrats will be removed from committees effective Wednesday.
