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Justin Amash returns to Republican Party to run for U.S. Senate seat
Once the only Libertarian in Congress, Amash left the GOP in 2019 citing a ‘partisan death spiral’
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Justin Amash, U.S. Senate, politics, election, Republicans, libertarian, Republican primary election, Congress
Marianne Williamson ‘unsuspends’ her presidential campaign as Americans watch ‘car crash in slow motion’
Her re-entry into the race comes one day after both Biden and Trump showed vulnerabilities in Michigan’s primary election
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Marianne Williamson, Politics, election, Donald Trump, President Biden, universal health care, student debt, tuition-free college, democrats, primary election
Dearborn mayor makes stirring case for ‘uncommitted’ vote in Democratic primary
Abdullah Hammoud says Biden is ignoring Arab Americans who helped him win Michigan
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Media, Abdullah Hammoud, Dearborn, Arab Americans, Muslims, Michigan, Democratic Primary election, Democrats, uncommitted
Ridin’ with Biden
By Clay Jones
Tags: Claytoonz, Claytoonz, LOL, Joe Biden, Gaza, Israel, Democrats, Republicans
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
Lapointe: Has it really been 60 years since President Kennedy died?
Sometimes, the assassination feels like yesterday
By Joe Lapointe
Tags: Politics & Elections, Views & Opinions, Lapointe, John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, Henry Ford Museum, Democrats
Thanedar was a harsh critic of Israel before becoming an outspoken defender
The Detroit Democrat’s condemnation of Tlaib smacks of hypocrisy
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Rashida Tlaib, Congress, Shri Thanedar, Democrats, Israel, Palestine, Hamas
910AM owner says he ‘hates’ politics, but plans to expand conservative format to FM radio
In a wide-ranging interview, Kevin Adell claims he is not a Republican and doesn’t vote. ‘It’s all about the money,’ he says.
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Media, News, Politics & Government, Kevin Adell, 910AM, radio, black talk radio, conservative, Republicans
Novi ammo store under investigation after selling bullets promoting a Democrat’s recall
The Michigan Department of State alleges Fenix Ammunition appears to have broken state law by omitting information on its recall endorsement
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Politics & Government, Fenix Ammunition, bullets, state lawmakers, politics, recall, Jaime Churches, Democrats
Nessel, Besson accused of violating the election laws they are responsible for enforcing
Activist Robert Davis alleges the elected officials committed a misdemeanor and should be held accountable
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Jocelyn Benson, Dana Nessel, Robert Davis, politics, Democrats, Secretary of State, Michigan, Attorney General
Pro-DeSantis PAC hammers Trump for commuting Kwame Kilpatrick’s sentence
The group called the former Detroit mayor a 'stone-cold crook'
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Kwame Kilpatrick, presidential election, Republicans, Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, Super PAC, Never Back Down
Tlaib joins fight for $14 trillion in reparations for Black Americans
The Detroit Democrat joined U.S. Rep. Cori Bush in urging their colleagues to help atone for the practice of slavery and hundreds of years of racist policies
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Rashida Tlaib, Cori Bush, reparations, racism, Washington D.C., Reparations Now Resolution, Democrats
These 41 officials in Michigan labeled ‘ongoing threats to democracy’ by watchdog group
The officials — most of them elected — sought to undermine confidence in elections
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Republicans, elections, politics, State Senate, State House, Democracy, voting rights, Informing Democracy
Democrats on a roll after Whitmer signs gun-control bills
‘We are turning our pain into purpose and honoring those we have lost,’ Gov. Whitmer said
Tags: Michigan News, News, Michigan, Gov. Whitmer, Democrats, Gun control, gun safety, legislation, background checks, guns
Gov. Whitmer repeals ‘right-to-work,’ restores prevailing wage law
A major victory for the labor movement
Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Legislation, Michigan, Gov. Whitmer, right to work, prevailing wage, labor unions, Democrats, Regina Weiss, AFL-CIO
Michigan Democrats waste no time flexing new political muscle
In one day, the state Legislature moved on guns, labor, and LGBTQ rights
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Democrats, State Senate, State House, Gov. Whitmer, LGBTQ rights, Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act, gun control, abortion rights
Slotkin launches campaign for U.S. Senate seat held by Stabenow
The Holly Democrat is expected to face tough competition in the primary election
Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Elissa Slotkin, Politics, election, Congress, U.S. Senate, Debbie Stabenow, Democrats
‘Fuck your thoughts and prayers’: lawmakers respond after MSU mass shooting
Michigan Democrats are done with empty rhetoric on guns
Tags: Michigan News, News, Michigan State University, mass shooting, red flag law, gun control, Democrats, State House, State Senate, Legislature, Lansing, Ranjeev Puri
State Senate passes bill to end government-mandated mass flunking of 3rd graders
A disproportionate number of Black, Latino, and lower-income students are held back
Tags: Michigan News, News, Michigan, state senate, Lansing, Read by Grade Three, students, schools, Dayna Polehanki, Democrats
Whitmer signs bill to move Michigan’s presidential primary to February
This could give our battleground state more influence in the primary election outcome
Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Gov. Whitmer, primary election, Democrats, Democratic National Committee, Republican National Committee, Legislature, Lansing, Michigan
Michigan’s ‘Bikers, Buds, & Brews’ taps Marcy Playground and Soul Asylum
By Lee DeVito
Detroit’s ‘NSFW’ art and music exhibit is not what you think
By Randiah Camille Green
Detroit illegally inflated taxes on lowest value homes, study suggests