Lezotte Miller's Chris Christoff takes the uncertainty out of media interviews with 10 tips on how to be concise, confident and polite. Published in the May/June 2016 issue of SBAM's FOCUS magazine. Read more here. #SBAM #LezotteMiller #LMInc #FOCUSMagazine #SmallBusinessAssociationofMichigan #mediainterviewtips

​The Michigan voters have an overwhelming number of offices to vote on in November, said Bill Ballenger, editor of the Ballenger Report and longtime Michigan political pundit, who discussed “Campaigns 2016: What Will Happen?”. Ballenger pointed out Michigan has 9,000 offices up for election in November, ranging from the presidential race to state House seats to library board members. Michigan voters are overwhelmed with the number of elected officials they have to vote on, n

Michigan is ranked fifth nationally in human trafficking and many are becoming increasingly aware that the issue is statewide, according to Sen. Judy Emmons (R-Sheridan)during an April 14 presentation at Capitol Issues Forum. Human trafficking is affecting more areas than just Detroit, Flint and Mackinac and Sen. Emmons is actively working to pass additional legislation regarding the crime. Emmons has been successful in expanding the statute of limitations for such crimes to

The March 16 Capitol Issues Forum featured Susan Demas, editor and publisher of Inside Michigan Politics, for "Inside Election Year Politics." Demas is a syndicated columnist, who has appeared in The Huffington Post, Dome Magazine, Deadline Detroit and Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire. Her columns have run in many Michigan daily papers. She is also a regular guest on WKAR TV's “Off the Record” weekly show and is the only Michigan journalist to have been named to The Washingt

Former Bloomberg News and Detroit Free Press reporter Chris Christoff has joined Lezotte Miller Public Relations Inc. as a writer and media specialist. Reporting on Michigan government and state financial issues for Bloomberg News for four years, Christoff kept readers up to date on the Detroit bankruptcy saga, among other high profile issues. As the former Free Press Lansing Bureau chief, he spent 25 years in the Capitol Press Corps covering state government. Christoff was

Determining effective communication strategies takes a combination of earned, paid, social and owned media. Published in the Nov/Dec 2014 issue of MSAE's IMPACT magazine. Read more here. #MSAE #IMPACTMagazine #LezotteMiller #LMInc #Lansing #CommunicationStrategies