http://www.record-eagle.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:43:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_316093539.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_316093539.html Blue city, red county. Ballots cast in last week's general election reflected Traverse City's support of Democratic candidates and Grand Traverse County's backing of Republicans, with few exceptions. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:00:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_316093544.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_316093544.html School administrators in a few local districts soon will decide whether to put tax proposals back on the ballot after voters almost universally rejected millage requests. Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:00:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_314094637.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_314094637.html John Engler spent 12 long, patient years as governor placing nearly 200 judges -- including three Supreme Court justices -- who supported his conservative judicial philosophy onto state courts. But a little-known Wayne County judge toppled one of those justices from his seat on Tuesday. Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:00:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_314094703.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_314094703.html There, in close-up view just off the right shoulder of Barack Obama at his first press conference as president-elect in Chicago, was Gov. Jennifer Granholm, a member of his transition economic advisory board -- called an "All-Star Cast" on CNN. Obama in his opening remarks singled out Granholm, saying he was "glad to be joined" by her on a day of grappling with grim economic news of joblessness and Ford/GM loss figures. Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:00:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_312095711.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_312095711.html Barack Obama's election as president and his appointment of Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff are hopeful signs for the struggle to heal the ailing Great Lakes ecosystem, advocates said Thursday. Obama and Emanuel, both from the Lake Michigan city of Chicago, have championed initiatives in Congress to protect the lakes. Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:00:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_312095714.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_312095714.html Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is one of 17 people appointed to help advise President-elect Barack Obama on the economy during his transition period. Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:00:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_312095722.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_312095722.html Lawyer and community activist Rashida Tlaib, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants who never attended high school, becomes the first Muslim woman ever to serve in the Michigan Legislature. She said she wouldn't have run but for the repeated urging of her Jewish boss and predecessor, outgoing Democratic state Rep. Steve Tobocman. Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:00:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_311095315.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_311095315.html Voter turnout in the 5-county area. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:00:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_311095244.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_311095244.html A late morning sun shone on this Antrim County village hours after a freshman Illinois senator became president-elect of the United States. Terry Miller talked politics with friend Wally Hibbard over coffee Wednesday at Java Jones in Elk Rapids, and called Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's solid win over rival Sen. John McCain "a breath of fresh air." Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:00:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_311095012.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_311095012.html The stunning upset defeat of Republican Chief Justice Cliff Taylor ends the Michigan Supreme Court's conservative grip and opens the welcome prospect that it will overrule one of its most controversial decisions -- the 2007 gutting of the state's widely acclaimed Michigan Environmental Protection Act. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:00:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_311095305.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_311095305.html Wayne Schmidt spent part of the day reflecting on a successful state House campaign he viewed as upbeat and effective. But his defeated opponent, local attorney Roman Grucz, seethed over an at-times bruising battle for the 104th District, a territory that covers Grand Traverse and Kalkaska counties. It was a race Grucz described as "gutter politics." Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:00:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_311095021.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_311095021.html Democrats picked up nine seats in Michigan's state House, giving them one of their biggest majorities of the past three decades. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:00:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_311095029.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_311095029.html Democrats Mark Schauer and Gary Peters, Michigan's newest members of Congress, bring resumes of focusing on job creation and economic issues to districts flush with Republican voters. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:00:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_311095038.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_311095038.html Gov. Jennifer Granholm can't run for president, but she could still end up in Washington next year. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:00:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_311095324.html http://www.record-eagle.com/2008election/local_story_311095324.html Christine Maxbauer may switch from a solo role in pushing and prodding a set-in-its-ways Grand Traverse County board to leading a newly constructed board. Maxbauer, who often found herself at odds with the board's old guard, could find some support in January from new commissioners-elect Beth Friend, Mike Stepka and Ross Richardson.