Rep. Mike Simpson has died of a heart attack he suffered while returning from the Cleveland Clinic.
House Speaker Andy Dillon made the announcement Friday evening on the House floor as lawmakers waited to vote on a series of education bills.
Simpson, from Jackson County's Blackman Township, has been ill [...]
Officials in Jackson county are not happy that they didn’t see any of the millions of dollars in federal stimulus money for “shovel-ready” projects. Those officials worked with the administration of Gov. Jennifer Granholm to compile lists of projects that could quickly be launched if money from the American Recovery [...]
