
Jim Mishler


Michigan’s Unemployment Benefits Mess – Is Still A Mess
Michigan state lawmakers are again looking over serious issues surrounding the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency. The findings they say are troubling. One is going so far as to say the agency needs to be “razed” and rebuilt from scratch.

Evictions Ban – Safety Net Or Illegal Property Grab?
The situation surrounding rental housing, expected payments from renters, property rights, and legal contracts between renters and property owners, has all the makings of a monumental economic crash facing the country.

Congressman Fred Upton So Far Not Joining Abortion Challenge
Only one Michigan Republican member of Congress is failing to sign a court brief in a key abortion rights case before the US Supreme Court. All indications are that 6th District Congressman Fred Upton who serves SW Michigan won’t be signing the court brief.

UPDATE: Radioactive Shipment Heading For Eaton Rapids Recovered
There's no indication at all of nefarious activity. But when the federal Nuclear Regulatory Agency issues a “Current Event Notification Report", some of us sit up in our chairs. It’s a vague way of saying radioactive stuff is missing.

Report Claims Whitmer Kidnap Plot May Have Been A Setup
An international audience of readers is looking over extensive reporting from the media outlet Buzzfeed that spells out what the publication says is clear evidence all is not as it seemed last fall.

Fight Over Wolf Management Heats Up In Michigan
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is going in with her counterpart from Oregon filing a court brief against the US Fish and Wildlife Service. They’re upset at the government's delisting of wolves as endangered species.

Betsy DeVos Slams Governor Gretchen Whitmer Over Literacy Veto
The former Education Secretary is critical of the veto by Governor Whitmer to prevent parents from having access to an important tool to use to help their kids improve their reading skills.

Michigan’s Unemployment Agency Labeled A “Bureaucratic Weed”
The Traverse City Record-Eagle serves a large readership. An editorial published by the media outlet ends with the assessment that, “Maybe it’s time to uproot this bureaucratic weed and plant anew.”

Ford’s Mustang Mach-E Named Best EV of 2021
Ford Motor Company is picking up another industry accolade. Car and Driver is naming the electric Ford Mustang Mach-E its 2021 EV of the year.

Former President Obama Steps Up for A Michigan GOP Lawmaker
Former Democratic President Barak Obama is speaking out in support of a Republican Michigan State Senator. It’s an uncommon result of an uncommon 2020 general election.