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Politics & Elections

RFK Jr. secures ballot access in Michigan as potential spoiler

Whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will draw more votes from Biden or Trump is the subject of much debate and speculation

By Steve Neavling
Apr 18, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Election, politics, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Natural Law Party, vaccines, conspiracy theories, Donald Trump, President Biden, Michigan
Politics & Elections

Anti-Trump campaign targets Michigan with voices of disaffected Republicans

Republican Voters Against Trump launched a $50 million ad campaign featuring homemade testimonial videos from remorseful voters

By Steve Neavling
Apr 15, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Donald Trump, election, politics, Republicans, Political Action Committee, Republican Voters Against Trump, Joe Biden
Politics & Elections

Right-wing fraudsters fined $1.25M for racist robocall scheme in Michigan, other states

Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman were charged with multiple felonies for spreading misinformation to Black voters in the Detroit area

By Steve Neavling
Apr 10, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Crime, Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman, New York, Michigan, Detroit, Black voters, election, politics, Letitia James, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
Michigan

Michigan AG supports Metro Times lawsuit for police records in amicus brief

Taking a contrary position from her office in the case, Attorney General Dana Nessel urges Michigan State Police to release the names of all certified cops

By Lee DeVito
Apr 4, 2024

Tags: Michigan, Government, News, wandering cops in Michigan, Dana Nessel, Michigan Attorney General, police misconduct in Michigan, Michigan State Police
Politics & Elections

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
Feb 29, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Justin Amash, U.S. Senate, politics, election, Republicans, libertarian, Republican primary election, Congress
Politics & Elections

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

By Steve Neavling
Feb 28, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Marianne Williamson, Politics, election, Donald Trump, President Biden, universal health care, student debt, tuition-free college, democrats, primary election
Politics & Elections

Flint mayor Neeley warns Democrats of Black voter exodus

Polls show an increasing number of Black voters are pulling away from the Democratic Party

By Steve Neavling
Feb 22, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Sheldon Neeley, Flint, Sam Riddle, National Action Network, Michigan, Michigan Democratic Party, President Biden, Donald Trump, election, politics
Michigan

Nessel moves to toss lawsuit by hair salon that said trans people should go to ‘pet groomer’

Traverse City’s Studio 8 Hair Lab claims it has the right to discriminate based on gender identity

By Steve Neavling
Feb 21, 2024

Tags: Michigan, News, LGBTQ+, Civil Rights, Michigan, Studio 8 Hair Lab, Traverse City, Michigan attorney general, Dana Nessel, transphobia in Michigan, transgender rights in Michigan, Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act
Politics & Elections

Election committee gives green light to recall of Highland Park mayor over skyrocketing water bills

‘Her days as mayor are numbered,’ activist Robert Davis says of Mayor Glenda McDonald

By Steve Neavling
Feb 15, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, News, Highland Park, recall, election, politics, Glenda McDonald, Robert Davis, Great Lakes Water authority, utility bills, water
Politics & Elections

Recall campaign seeks to oust ‘incompetent and unqualified’ mayor of Highland Park

‘It is glaringly obvious that she is in over her head,’ says activist Robert Davis

By Steve Neavling
Feb 9, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Glenda McDonald, Robert Davis, recall, politics, election, Highland Park, Great Lakes Water Authority, Highland Park Police
Politics & Elections

Detroit Councilwoman Waters challenges Thanedar, pushes for ceasefire in Gaza

‘Voters want the killing to stop,’ Waters said

By Steve Neavling
Feb 8, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Mary Waters, 13th Congressional District, primary election, election, politics, Hamtramck, Detroit, Michigan, Shri Thanedar, Adam Hollier
Metro Detroit

Detroit still has highest auto insurance rates in nation, despite ‘historic’ legislation in 2019

Between 2023 and 2024, the average rates in Detroit jumped 85%

By Steve Neavling
Feb 5, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Car Culture, Government, Detroit, Michigan, Gov. Whitmer, legislation, auto insurance, Bankrate, redlining
Politics & Elections

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
Feb 1, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Joel Haashiim, politics, election, mayoral candidate, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, Mary Sheffield, corporate welfare
Politics & Elections

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’

By Steve Neavling
Jan 24, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Labor, Shawn Fain, United Auto Workers, labor union, Donald Trump, President Biden, Michigan, politics, election
Investigations

Inside Dana Nessel’s ‘shit show’ Flint water investigation

Ignored legal warnings, ‘overwhelmed’ prosecutors, and the secret testimony of ex-Governor Snyder’s chief of staff

By Jordan Chariton
Jan 24, 2024

Tags: Investigations, Crime, Government, News, Flint Water Crisis, Flint water crisis, Dana Nessel, Rick Snyder, Dennis Muchmore, Todd Flood
Metro Detroit

Ex-Wayne County court assistant charged with embezzling more than $60,000 from a judge

Steven Allen is accused of using a judge’s ATM card to make illegal purchases

By Steve Neavling
Jan 23, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Crime, Dana Nessel, Michigan, 36th Circuit Court, Wayne County, judge, embezzlement, Attorney General
Michigan

28 clergy from Diocese of Gaylord accused of sexual misconduct, Nessel reveals

The disturbing allegations were detailed in a 130-page report

By Steve Neavling
Jan 8, 2024

Tags: Michigan, News, Crime, Catholic Church, northern Michigan, Michigan, Diocese of Gaylord, Michigan attorney general, Dana Nessel, Sexual abuse
Politics & Elections

Detroit workers dump thousands of used absentee ballot envelopes

The envelopes contain the names, addresses, and signatures of Detroit voters

By Steve Neavling
Dec 12, 2023

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Absentee ballots, election, Detroit, Daniel Baxter, voting, dump
Politics & Elections

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

By Steve Neavling
Nov 16, 2023

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Flint, Genesee County, Dan Kildee, U.S. House, Congress, politics, election, Democrats, Michigan
Politics & Elections

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

By Jon King, Michigan Advance
Nov 15, 2023

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Donald Trump, Michigan elections, 2024 election, Joe Biden, Jocelyn Benson