Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Rick Snyder published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 845
» View latimes.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-71
•
Next >
-
Outdoors: 'Money Mouth' works
South Bend TribuneIf you want to market new lures, you better prove that they catch fish if you expect them to sell. Well, Curtiss Werner of Osceola is doing just that. The co-founder of Money Mouth Baits used his lures exclusively to win the Indiana Bass Federation&...Tags: Conservation, Lifestyle and Leisure, Fishing, Environmental Issues, Potatoes
-
Detroit's decline
Cal ThomasSince the Motown sound went silent -- except on oldies stations -- and General Motors and Chrysler (but not Ford) required life support from Washington, there has been little to recommend Detroit, Mich., to visitors, much less its residents. The recent...Tags: Organized Crime, General Motors Corp., Economy, Business and Finance, Contracts, Kwame Kilpatrick
-
Outdoors: Fees rising for non-residents
South Bend TribuneHoosiers who enjoy fishing in Michigan better savor it this year. If new license fees are approved, it will cost you a lot more in 2014. Gov. Rick Snyder wants the Michigan DNR to reduce its different types of licenses from 227 to 31 and increase...Tags: Turkey, Turkey (animal), Lifestyle and Leisure, Hunting
-
GOP governors embrace Obamacare
WASHINGTON -- "It is not a white flag of surrender," Florida Gov. Rick Scott said. This was technically true: Scott did not wave a banner of any color when he announced Wednesday that he wants Florida to expand Medicaid, a key piece of Obamacare....
Tags: Government, John Kasich, Hospitals and Clinics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Regional Authority
-
Outdoors: Support grows for sportsmen rights
South Bend TribuneIn case you haven’t heard, Indiana sportsmen are closer to having a Constitutional right to fish and hunt. Wait a minute, you say; don’t we already have that right? Of course we do. But backers of proposed legislation at the statehouse...Tags: Laws, Government, U.S. Congress, Wildlife, Economy, Business and Finance
-
Paying for overreach
When unions in the state sought to put collective bargaining in the state Constitution voters took exception to that in November -- overwhelmingly as it turned out. And with that trick, state Republicans figured now is the time to make Michigan a right to...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Abortion, Health Insurance, Scott Walker, Pregnancy and Childbirth
-
A right to words that work
Words have power. If anyone wonders whether conservatives have taken the lead in effective political catchphrases, the term "right to work" should remove all doubt. The phrase has popped up a lot in the news lately after Republican Gov. Rick Snyder...
Tags: Government, Laws, United Auto Workers, Republican Party, Career and Workplace
-
The irrelevance of right-to-work laws
Some people love right-to-work laws, and some people really hate them. The reaction in Michigan when Republican Gov. Rick Snyder signed one has been not only spirited but downright violent at times. The public was so fierce and divided that I was afraid...
Tags: Government, Unions, Bankruptcy, United Auto Workers, William Goldman
-
Who moved my Twinkie?
Mary SanchezAmerica lost one of its iconic brands last month when Hostess, maker of Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Wonder Bread and other staples of postwar Middle America, closed up shop. The announcement was an occasion for wags to litter the Internet with jokes about...Tags: United Auto Workers, Work Relations, Chicago Teachers Strike, Interior Policy, Economy, Business and Finance
-
Striking while the iron is still hot, Gov. Snyder tackles roads
After the Newtown, CT., shooting, President Obama said he would move forward quickly on gun safety and control matters and he did that just more than a month after the incident that killed 26, including 20 children. Signing executive orders and pushing...Tags: Government, Gun Control, U.S. Congress, Regional Authority, Interior Policy
-
Michigan law shows unions must change or die
Amid the hubbub over the fiscal cliff these past few weeks, an important event happened Dec. 11 that many Americans probably missed: The union movement was struck a critical blow in the state it calls home. That day, a "right to work" law was passed...Tags: Automotive Equipment, American Enterprise Institute, United Auto Workers, Fiscal Cliff, Manufacturing and Engineering
-
Michigan Latest Sign Unions Losing Ground
The Hartford CourantRick Snyder, who is hardly a human cactus, warned Michigan's labor leaders. The state's mild-mannered Republican governor, currently in his first term in his first public office, has rarely been accused of being, or praised for being, a fire-breathing...Tags: Government, United Auto Workers, Civil and Public Service, U.S. Congress, Regional Authority
May 12, 2013
|Column| South Bend Tribune
Mar 14, 2013
|Column| Tribune Media Services
Mar 10, 2013
|Column| South Bend Tribune
Feb 25, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Feb 17, 2013
|Column| South Bend Tribune
Dec 18, 2012
|Column| Petoskey News
Dec 16, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Dec 16, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Dec 14, 2012
|Column| Tribune Media Services
Jan 21, 2013
|Column| Petoskey News
Jan 6, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Dec 14, 2012
|Column| Hartford Courant
Original site for Rick Snyder topic gallery.
