The approval of a wolf hunt for November and December came after Gov. Rick Snyder this month signed into law a bill by state Sen. Tom Casperson, a fellow Republican, that leaves decision-making on such hunts to the appointed Natural Resources Commission and the Legislature.

If you want to understand the Republicans who now control our state government, remember this: They don’t care what you want; they have contempt for what you think; and they most emphatically don’t care about you.
 
Even scarier, they aren’t especially worried about winning your votes. That’s because they don’t have to be.
 

To the angst of several Michigan Indian tribal leaders, the Michigan Natural Resources Commission last Thursday approved a limited public wolf harvest in three distinct regions of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
 
The decision followed a process of dedicated conversation with the public and experts, along with a thorough review of the pertinent science, according to a news release issued by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

There’s no disputing Rick Snyder’s willingness to lead Michigan. But there is growing concern about how the governor and his fellow Republicans exercise their leadership.
 
The new right-to-work law has divided Michigan — not only because it enraged organized labor by doing away with union shops but because of the way the reform became law. Republican lawmakers passed RTW in a December lame-duck session and Snyder signed it despite thousands of state Capitol protesters who demonstrated against it.
 

Activists for the Great Lakes gray wolf are making a final plea to state officials this week to delay a decision on whether to create a hunting season for wolves this year.
 
The Natural Resources Commission, which regulates hunting in Michigan, is holding a hearing at noon in Roscommon today on the proposed wolf season. The commission is expected to vote Thursday at its regular monthly meeting.
 

Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation Wednesday that effectively will block efforts by an animal protection group to force a statewide vote on a 2012 law that allows wolf hunting in Michigan.
 

If Michigan Senate Bill 288 is signed into law, Michigan’s wildlife and its voters will have suffered a terrible loss.
 
SB 288, which was passed by a Senate committee recently, stipulates that only the Legislature may remove an animal from the state’s list of game species, and it authorizes an unelected commission to add animals to the list.