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Biden celebrates UAW endorsement in Macomb County
This is the second time in recent months that Biden has come to Michigan to talk with UAW members
By Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance
Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, Labor, Joe Biden, UAW, Shawn Fain, Donald Trump, Gretchen Whitmer
Businessman Joel Haashiim announces mayoral candidacy, vows to serve all of Detroit
‘Somebody has to stand up and do the right thing for the people of Detroit,’ the 73-year-old says
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Joel Haashiim, politics, election, mayoral candidate, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, Mary Sheffield, corporate welfare
Lapointe: Reading lyrics to ‘The Snake,’ Donald Trump speaks with a forked tongue
And his scary signature also says more than he knows
By Joe Lapointe
Tags: Politics & Elections, Views & Opinions, Lapointe, Donald Trump, immigrants, 2024 election, Joe Biden
UAW endorses Biden as Trump maintains lead in Michigan
Shawn Fain: ‘We can stand up and elect someone who wants to stand with us and support our cause’
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Labor, Shawn Fain, United Auto Workers, labor union, Donald Trump, President Biden, Michigan, politics, election
Lapointe: For a true evangelical, weaponized religion is a big sin
But local journalist Tim Alberta renews his faith in Lions
Tags: Politics & Elections, Lapointe, Sports, Views & Opinions, Donald Trump, Tim Alberta, Republican Party, Detroit Lions, Christianity
MIGOP members vote to remove Karamo, her supporters rip the effort as ‘illegitimate’
Karamo, a 2020 election denier, has vowed not to step down
By Kyle Davidson, Michigan Advance
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Kristina Karamo, Michigan Republican Party, Donald Trump
Michigan Supreme Court declines to hear appeal in lawsuit seeking to bar Trump from primary ballot
Michigan law differs from that in Colorado, whose state Supreme Court ruled that Trump was ineligible to appear on that state’s primary ballot
By Jon King, Michigan Advance
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, 2024 election, Michigan politics, Donald Trump, Joe Biden
Majority of Detroit-area voters support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, poll finds
The new survery found that 53% of Detroit-area voters disapprove of President Joe Biden’s handling of the conflict
By Layla McMurtrie
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Middle East, Ceasefire Now, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Rashida Tlaib, Slideshow
Court of Appeals rules Trump can stay on Michigan’s primary ballot, appeal planned
Mark Brewer, a former Michigan Democratic Party chair and one of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, says the group is not dropping the effort
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Donald Trump, Michigan election, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, 2024 election
Detroit workers dump thousands of used absentee ballot envelopes
The envelopes contain the names, addresses, and signatures of Detroit voters
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Absentee ballots, election, Detroit, Daniel Baxter, voting, dump
U.S. Rep. Kildee won’t run for reelection, leaving an opening for Republicans
The Flint Democrat said his cancer scare earlier this year made him change his priorities
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Flint, Genesee County, Dan Kildee, U.S. House, Congress, politics, election, Democrats, Michigan
Michigan judge says only Congress can keep Trump off of the 2024 ballot
The ruling agreed with Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson that her office lacks the authority to disqualify the former president
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Donald Trump, Michigan elections, 2024 election, Joe Biden, Jocelyn Benson
Black family sues Grosse Pointe man who displayed KKK flag outside their home
The federal lawsuit alleges Ryan Wilde relentlessly terrorized the family
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, racism, KKK, Grosse Pointe Park, lawsuit, U.S. District Court, Je Donna Dinges, Ryan Wilde, intimidation
Detroit Councilwoman Mary Waters mulls running against U.S. Rep. Thanedar
Former state Sen. Adam Hollier is also running against Thanedar, who has had a bumpy first term
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Shri Thanedar, Mary Waters, Detroit, Detroit City Council, Congress, 13th District, U.S. House, politics, election, Adam Hollier
Michigan Muslim leaders pledge to ‘abandon Biden,’ regardless of the consequences
Activists say they can no longer re-elect a president who did nothing to save thousands of Palestinians
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Joe Biden, election, politics, muslims, Dawud Wallid, Israel, Gaza, genocide, rally, protest, Detroit
Four metro Detroit communities resoundingly voted against cannabis dispensaries
These cities are no fun
Tags: Cannabis News, Weed, Marijuana, recreational marijuana, dispensaries, suburbs, Birmingham, election, Grosse Pointe Park, Keego Harbor, Rochester
Federal lawsuit argues Hamtramck’s Pride flag ban is unconstitutional
Conservative Muslims violated the free speech rights of LGBTQ+ supporters, the suit alleges
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, LGBTQ+, Government, Muslims, Hamtramck, Hamtramck City Council, LGBTQ, pride flag, lawsuit, U.S. District Court
Peter Meijer joins crowded field vying for U.S. Senate seat in Michigan
The heir to the grocery store empire will face other high-profile Republicans
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Peter Meijer, politics, election, U.S. Senate, Debbie Stabenow, James Craig, Mike Rogers
Emergency motion seeks to confirm Michigan can’t hold primary election early
Citizen activist Robert Davis argues it’s too late to hold the election in February, as Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson continues to say
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Jocelyn Benson, Robert Davis, Secretary of State, election, primary election, Michigan, politics, lawsuit
Michigan judge declines Trump’s request to toss lawsuit to remove him from ballot
The former president was also refused to become party to the suit
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Politics & Government, Donald Trump, Election, politics, Primary ballot, presidential election, Robert Davis, lawsuit, Secretary of State, Michigan Court of Claims, Michigan, Jocelyn Benson
Racist billboards appeared across metro Detroit on Hitler’s birthday
Michigan Central Station is hiring ‘ambassadors’ to welcome guests
By Lee DeVito
Lapointe: The Red Wings got trashed