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The Michigan Messenger’s Todd Heywood was on Off the Record with Tim Skubick this week talking about Gov. Snyder’s record, the presidential campaign in this state and much more. Video below the fold

The Rev. Mark Bidwell of Ferndale is coming under fire after police responded to an emergency call to his home on Sept

Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), chairman of an airline safety panel, will hold hearings early next year to examine the holes in airport screening that allowed a

Yesterday afternoon, House and Senate Democrats reconciling the two versions of financial regulatory reform announced a compromise on debit card fees -- an

No one loved the internet rules written by the Federal Communications Commission last year that sought to safeguard the free-flowing egalitarian quality of the internet, where communication-industry giants don’t get to decide which information streams to users and at what speed. One side thought the rules were overreaching socialism and the other thought they were riven with the kind of loopholes corporate interests could wiggle through when it came time to assert control

At the Lifeway Christian Store in Woodbury on Tuesday, Gov. Tim Pawlenty said he’s “seriously considering running in 2012.” Pawlenty has been courting conservative evangelicals over the last week with an appearance on the radio program of the American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer and an upcoming trip to Iowa to meet with a group called The Family Leader , which teaches classes called “gay sex kills.” Pawlenty was in Woodbury to sign copies of his book, Courage to Stand.

If all the headlines surrounding the fatal mine blast in West Virginia last month did nothing else, they at least highlighted how reluctant federal regulators

Republican presidential candidates hoping to make a little political hay wasted little time Friday in offering statements on a dismal jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor

Springfield, Ore., Mayor Sid Leiken, one of the GOP’s first strong recruits for the 2010 cycle, is dropping a bid against Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.). The

The president’s pointed comment to Republicans last week that they can’t just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done has driven the talk radio community

An anonymous official quoted in Politico’s story on the House GOP budget plans said, We need to hold something up and say, ‘Here are our charts. Here are our

Corporations will help the state pay a $1.6 million four-year compensation package for the head of the newly created statewide district for failing schools.

The most humorous moment of the hearing so far is also, bizarrely, the most profound. Asked by Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) how the mission got refined in the

Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) The director of Florida State University’s program in history and philosophy of science, Michael Ruse, has released the latest of what he calls “dispatches from the war zone,” a series of pieces looking at Gov. Rick Scott’s likely changes to Florida’s higher education system

The senator from South Carolina has hired one of The Washington Times’ star reporters -- and a frequent cable news guest -- as his senior communications

After the FOMC, the Federal Reserve policy committee, voted Wednesday to attempt to stimulate the economy by continuing to target low-interest rates while

A series of exceptions to normal immigration laws are built into the system to protect victims of abuse, natural disasters and oppression. For illegal

We did some things right, but were forced to do some things wrong, one miner said.

Two hours into the House Judiciary Committee questioning Michael Mukasey and we’re getting into the good stuff. Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fl.) just asked

At a forum sponsored by the George Washington University to be broadcast tomorrow on CNN’s new Christiane Amanpour program, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham