MIRS Monday, Nov. 18, 2019

Dykema attorney Steve Liedel was Gov. Jennifer Granholm's legal counsel back in the day. He said she was tough. Having been Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's transition legal counsel about a year ago, Liedel can report the new Governor is "even tougher." Listen to what else Liedel said about his time with Granholm, his impressions on Whitmer and the on-going budget standoff with the Governor and the Legislature.

The MIRS team comments on Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey's editorial in the Detroit News over the weekend and news of the latest effort to bring regional transit to southeast Michigan ... this time without Macomb County.