Michigan Senate leader on hot mic after apologizing for calling Capitol riot a hoax: I frankly don t take back points I tried to make ktvz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ktvz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Consumers Energy to Shirkey: We re not your enemy
Consumers Energy Co. and its parent company CMS are headquartered in Jackson.
Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey called Consumers Energy Co. his No. 1 enemy during a secretly recorded meeting with Hillsdale County Republican Party officials last week a characterization that one of his home county s largest private employers is responding to.
The Hillsdale County GOP leaders recorded their meeting with Shirkey on Feb. 3 at a diner in Jonesville, where they laid out reasons why they planned to censure him the next day.
During a heated exchange in which one of the men accused Shirkey of lacking integrity, the topic of corporate influence in politics came up.
Conservative Christian, prominent businessman, polarizing politician. Who is Mike Shirkey?
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Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey speaks during a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2020 in Lansing. Nicole Hester/Mlive.com
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He called the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building a “hoax.” He said he “spanked” the governor of Michigan on several policy issues.
Those remarks captured in a video recording by members of the Hillsdale County Republican Party have drawn intense scrutiny around the state and country, but Michigan’s most powerful elected Republican, Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, is no stranger to controversy.
Nightside Report Feb. 10, 2021: Metro Detroit father reunites with family after 3-month battle with COVID-19, GM hourly workers expected to get up to $9K profit sharing check
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Troy family reunited with father after 3-month battle with COVID-19
DETROIT – A Troy family is grateful to be back together, especially since there were times doctors warmed them their dad wouldn’t make it.
George Shamoun spent three months in a hospital, fighting for his life.
“I don’t remember anything. It just was, from what I heard, I was going septic and it was like I was just, like, delirious,” Shamoun said.
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