Update from Rep. Lipton, April 1, 2010
By Ellen Cogen Lipton, State Representative
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Corporate Responsibility Act Passes House
Last week, I voted for the Corporate Responsibility Act — a package of bills that passed through the House to enhance accountability and transparency when state funds are used as economic development incentives by requiring background checks for those receiving the incentives.
Local students discuss impact of bill President signed today
From the office of Congressman Gary Peters
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Student Aid Reform Will Reduce the Deficit, Reduce Government Payments to Big Banks, Increase Pell Grants for Over 180,000 Michigan Students, Allow 820,000 More Students to Grants Nationwide
Representative Gary Peters, local students and administrators met at Oakland Community College this afternoon to discuss legislation directly affecting local students and colleges that President Obama signed today.
A promise worth keeping: fighting foreclosures
By Andy Meisner, Oakland County Treasurer
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
I wanted to give you a quick update on some of the exciting things happening in the Treasurer’s Office.
Happy hour reception for Congressman Gary Peters - April 9
After you watch the Tigers win their first game of the season, come celebrate the spring with some of your favorite Democrats!
Join special guest Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Chairman, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, for a happy hour reception to support the re-election of Congressman Gary Peters!
Tourism is also part of Michigan's economic recovery
By State Senator Gilda Z. Jacobs
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
You and I know and appreciate our state’s extraordinary vacation and natural resources. Many of us regularly engage in being tourists in our own state. If given the opportunity, we sing the praises of Michigan to our friends in other states to get them to vacation here and enjoy what we live with everyday.
Potluck, Politics, and Straw Poll - April 7
Who will be Michigan's next Governor? Virg Bernero, Lansing Mayor? Andy Dillion, Speaker of the House? Alma Wheeler Smith, State Representative?
The Oakland County Democratic Party hosts "Potluck, Politics, and the First 2010 Election Straw Poll" -- RSVP now and cast your vote today!
More than a century in the making
By U.S. Senator Carl Levin
Friday, March 26, 2010
Yesterday we secured a victory more than a century in the making. In approving historic health care reform legislation, we overcame scare tactics, obstructionism and intimidation that sank to unprecedented lows. But unlike so many other previous reform efforts, this one was not knocked off course by misinformation and vitriol.
Legislators must put residents' interests first
From the Office of State Rep. Ellen Cogen Lipton
Thursday, March 11, 2010
LANSING – Oakland County lawmakers today voted to ban legislators from voting on a bill when a conflict of interest is present. This legislation is part of a wave of government reforms the lawmakers have supported to tighten ethics laws and make elected officials more accountable to the people they represent.