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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
Politics & Elections

Is Whitmer’s new memoir a sign of a future presidential run?

Writing a book seems to be a prerequisite for higher political aspirations

By Layla McMurtrie
Apr 5, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Books, Views & Opinions, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Whitmer memoir, Whitmer book, Whitmer for President, 2024 presidential election, Biden, Trump, Michigan politics
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

Outspoken Flint Councilman and TikTok sensation Eric Mays dies

The 65-year-old is known for his outbursts and passionate support of residents during the Flint water crisis

By Steve Neavling
Feb 26, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Flint Water Crisis, Obituary, Eric Mays, Flint, Flint City Council, TikTok, Sam Riddle, politics, obit
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
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
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
Metro Detroit

Embattled ex-state lawmaker Jewell Jones gets PR job at recycling company

The Inkster Democrat was a promising young progressive until he kept breaking the law

By Steve Neavling
Dec 4, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Jewell Jones, politics, Inkster, Midwest Recycling Inc., public relations, State House
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

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

By Steve Neavling
Nov 14, 2023

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Shri Thanedar, Mary Waters, Detroit, Detroit City Council, Congress, 13th District, U.S. House, politics, election, Adam Hollier
Politics & Elections

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

By Steve Neavling
Nov 9, 2023

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Joe Biden, election, politics, muslims, Dawud Wallid, Israel, Gaza, genocide, rally, protest, Detroit
Politics & Elections

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

By Steve Neavling
Nov 6, 2023

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Peter Meijer, politics, election, U.S. Senate, Debbie Stabenow, James Craig, Mike Rogers
Politics & Elections

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

By Steve Neavling
Nov 3, 2023

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Jocelyn Benson, Robert Davis, Secretary of State, election, primary election, Michigan, politics, lawsuit
Metro Detroit

Hamtramck City Council candidate doubles down on comments about Holocaust, child marriage, and homosexuality

Nasr Hussain suggested the Holocaust was ‘advance punishment’ for Israel’s brutality toward Palestinians

By Steve Neavling
Nov 2, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, LGBTQ+, Politics & Government, Hamtramck, Hamtramck City Council, politics, Holocaust, Anti-Semitism, Palestinians, Nasr Hussain, Facebook, social media