State elections panel clears way for new petition drives
A state elections panel today cleared the way for two new petition drives to get underway. The drives will try to put questions on the 2014 general election ballot.Fred Woodhams is with the Michigan...
View ArticlePark revises 2012 Isle Royale female wolf total
ISLE ROYALE, Mich. (AP) - Isle Royale National Park's gray wolves apparently don't have a gender gap after all.Scientists reported last year that only nine wolves remained on the Lake Superior island...
View ArticleYou might be voting on a wolf hunt in Michigan
In 1973, there were around a half a dozen wolves in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.Today, there are around 700, and some hunters and legislators want to establish a hunting season for the wolves.Others...
View ArticleWolf hunt opponents deliver petitions to Secretary of State's office
People fighting a proposed wolf hunt in Michigan are celebrating a milestone today.They delivered a quarter million petition signatures to the Secretary of State’s office this morning. The petition...
View ArticleState officials to recommend a wolf hunt in the Upper Peninsula
State wildlife officials plan to recommend Thursday that Michigan hold a wolf hunt this Fall in the U.P.Gray wolves in Michigan were until recently listed as an endangered species. There are about 700...
View ArticleIn this morning's news: wolf hunt, Jones Day contract, new transit authority
Wildlife officials recommend wolf hunt for Upper Peninsula State wildlife officials are recommending today that a hunt on the formerly endangered gray wolf be allowed to take place this fall."The...
View ArticleWill the effort to stop wolf hunt in Michigan be derailed?
The referendum effort to stop a wolf hunt in Michigan has been called "a radical agenda" by those opposed to it.Now, new legislation introduced by State Senator Tom Casperson (R-Escanaba) seeks to...
View ArticleIn this morning's news: International bridge to be approved, McCotter sues,...
International bridge crossing to be announced today"Governor Rick Snyder is expected to announce this afternoon that the federal government has approved a deal to build a new international bridge...
View ArticleWhy your vote on a wolf-hunt referendum might not matter
We really hadn’t heard much about referendum-proofing since back in December and the Legislature’s now-infamous “lame duck” session. But the wait is over. We now have a new controversy and a new...
View ArticleSenate to vote on 'hunting rights' amendment, could derail wolf hunt referendum
The state Senate is poised to vote on a measures that would circumvent a referendum on the law that allows wolf hunting. More than a hundred demonstrators showed up at the state Capitol today to...
View ArticleCommentary: Hunting wolves
I don’t know whether it makes sense to ever allow people to hunt wolves in the Upper Peninsula or not. Nor do I have any strong emotional feeling about this. Personally, I don’t see killing things that...
View ArticleIn this morning's headlines: wolf hunt, EAA borrows millions from DPS,...
Lawmakers try to block referendum to wolf hunt"The state Senate has approved legislation that would make a voter referendum on wolf-hunting in Michigan irrelevant – even before the question has been...
View ArticleLawmakers hold hearing on bill that could circumvent wolf hunt vote
A state House committee is holding a hearing on a measure that would change how hunting is managed in Michigan, and bypass a referendum on wolf hunting if it’s on the ballot next year.Two questions...
View ArticleThe week in Michigan politics: Senate candidates, wolf hunt and wraparound...
This week in Michigan politics, Christina Shockley and Jack Lessenberry discuss the race for the Senate seat left vacant by Carl Levin, legislation that would allow a wolf hunt despite a petition...
View ArticleBill that circumvents wolf hunt vote going to Gov. Snyder
The state House has approved a bill that would allow a wolf hunt in the Upper Peninsula to go forward regardless of the result of a possible state-wide referendum on a wolf hunt. The bill was approved...
View ArticleIn this morning's news: Auto insurance, wolf hunting, insurance for live-in...
No-fault overhaul moves forward"A state House panel has voted on a bill to overhaul Michigan’s auto no-fault system. Right now, people who are severely injured in an auto accident can get unlimited...
View ArticleU.P. residents weigh in on proposed wolf hunt (part 1)
This week, the Michigan Natural Resources Commission is expected to vote on whether to authorize a wolf hunt.The hunt would take place in three separate zones in the Upper Peninsula. I traveled to the...
View ArticleIn this morning’s news: wolf hunt bill signed, fracking debate, drunk driving...
Governor Snyder signs wolf hunt bill“Governor Rick Snyder has signed legislation for a second time that would permit wolf hunts in Michigan. The governor signed the new law a day before the Michigan...
View ArticleAre people in Ironwood really afraid of wolves? (part 2)
Governor Rick Snyder signed a law yesterday afternoon that will allow a state wolf hunt in the Upper Peninsula.Later today, Michigan’s Natural Resources Commission is expected to vote on whether to...
View ArticleThe controversy around a wolf hunt in Michigan
Governor Rick Snyder has signed Senate Bill 288. That could clear the way for a wolf hunt in the Upper Peninsula.His signature clears the way for the state's Natural Resources Commission to vote on a...
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