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Michigan Legislature annual missed votes report

Seven exceptional films, which were all connected with Offaly in some way, were shown to a very appreciative audience in Birr Theatre & Arts Centre during t...

A Portarlington man who was at deaths door from Covid-19 has finally recovered enough to come home. Gerard Jack McHugh from Portarlington was in hospital for...

A Laois man who was at deaths door from Covid-19 has finally recovered enough to come home. Gerard Jack McHugh from Portarlington was in hospital for the pas...

On St. Patricks Day last year, the flow of green beer was cut short. Painfully short.  On March 17 2020, Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order that closed all bars, breweries and nightclubs at 5 p.m. It was the first of two closures that would devastate the industry, plummeting sales numbers to depths bars have still not yet recovered from.  But just because they couldnt party last year doesnt mean all Irish pubs are ready to break out the shamrocks and kegs for 2021.  "Were not doing ...

Community Karen: National Chili Day February 25 is National Chili Day and to observe it properly, Community Karen got to cook up a secret award-winning chili recipe Author: FOX61 Staff Updated: 6:00 AM EST February 28, 2021 WATERTOWN, Conn. — With winter weather kicking into high gear lately, we can all use some warm comfort food to make us feel a little better. And what comfort food is better in the winter than a hot bowl of chili! Luckily, February 25 is Nati...

Grand Rapids Business Journal Rate reduction. The information was compiled by Jack McHugh, editor of MichiganVotes.org, a project of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Three senators and three representatives each missed 50 or more votes in 2020. But 12 senators and 60 representatives missed no votes this year. Among those with a gold star for attendance in West Michigan were Democrat Winnie Brinks and Republicans Terry Sabo and Republicans David LaGrand showed up on the more-than-50 li...

January 2, 2021 The Mackinac Center for Public Policy has released its annual report on state lawmaker attendance. It’s no surprise that more Michigan lawmakers missed votes this year due to COVID, although Mackinac Center legal analyst Jack McHugh tells WSJM News they still made their best efforts. “We saw a different result,m but less drastic than many might have anticipated,” McHugh said. “The legislative leaders made very diligent efforts to schedule sessions in a way that would...

A Macomb County lawmaker missed dozens of roll call votes in Lansing -- the most of any member in either chamber of the Michigan Legislature -- in COVID-stricken 2020. Thats the findings of the Missed Votes Report, a project of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and released Monday. State Rep. Steve Marino was the top vote-misser among the lawmakers, missing 299 of the 649 votes. Thats 46% of the votes taken for the entire year. - Advertisement - The 31-year-old Republican from Harrison Town...

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy has released its annual report on state lawmaker attendance. It's no surprise that more Michigan lawmakers missed votes