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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
Tags: Politics & Elections, Books, Views & Opinions, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Whitmer memoir, Whitmer book, Whitmer for President, 2024 presidential election, Biden, Trump, Michigan politics
Michigan leaders pledge to ‘Vote Uncommitted’ in Democratic primary due to Biden’s handling of Gaza
The “Listen to Michigan” campaign aims to pressure the president to call for a ceasefire
Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, News, Free Palestine, vote uncommitted, President Joe Biden, Israel, Gaza, Michigan politics, Dearborn, Detroit, Slideshow
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
Lapointe: Democrats benefit as Michigan GOP is consumed by infighting and conspiracy theories
On the Midwest’s progressive ‘Tea Party in reverse’
By Joe Lapointe
Tags: Politics & Elections, Lapointe, Politics & Elections, Views & Opinions, Michigan Republicans, Macomb County Republicans, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Dana Nessel, Joe Biden, Michigan politics
Opinion: Michiganders deserve transparency about how DTE Energy does its business
Michigan’s largest utility is making financial and political decisions behind closed doors that put our health and safety at risk. It’s about time that officials in Lansing hold this corporation accountable.
By Sam Inglot
Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Views & Opinions, DTE Energy, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan politics, Unlock Michigan
Dixon opposes abortion for rape victims because there’s ‘healing through the baby’
Republican gubernatorial nominee reaffirms abortion stance after criticizing earlier portrayal
Tags: Michigan News, Tudor Dixon, Election, GOP, Election, Michigan politics, politics, republican
Petition demands justice and accountability for victims of Flint water crisis
The Flint water crisis and the response to it are evidence that systemic racism still exists, civil rights organization says
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Michigan News, News, Flint water crisis, Rick Snyder, Charles Williams II, National Action Network, petition, racism
Detroit officials throw out ballot drive to repeal city’s controversial recreational cannabis ordinance
Citizens for Better Social Equity collected 3,867 signatures for the ballot initiative
Tags: Marijuana News, Weed, Petition, ballot drive, marijuana, recreational marijuana, Detroit, Detroit City Council, James Tate, Adolph Mongo
Report: DePerno met with Trump State Dept. official on Jan. 6, 2021
By Laina G. Stebbins, Michigan Advance
Tags: Michigan News
Report says hundreds of state legislators have joined far-right Facebook groups
That includes 27 Michigan lawmakers, per the study
By Kira Lerner, Michigan Advance
Tags: Michigan News, Michigan Advance, Facebook, Republican, GOP, Donald Trump, Politics, Michigan Politics
Litigation ongoing over Michigan's new voting-district maps
By Lily Bohlke, Michigan News Connection
Tags: Politics & Elections, Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission, gerrymandering, redistricting, Michigan
Michigan redistricting commission to take final vote on new maps
Tags: Michigan, Detroit, redistricting, gerrymandering
Princeton Gerrymandering Project grades Michigan’s redistricting maps
Tags: Michigan Advance, Redistricting, Gerrymandering, Politics
Hamtramck placed its lawyer on leave after he sent insulting emails to activist with disabilities
Tags: Hamtramck, attorney, wheelchair, Kathleen Angerer, James Allen, Allen Brothers, Protest, petition
Conspiracy theorist leads campaign to censure Michigan Republicans who debunked election claims
Tags: Patrick Colbeck, conspiracy theories, Republicans, Michigan Republican Party, Meshawn Maddock, censure, petition, election, Donald Trump, Edward McBroom, Lana Theis, John Bizon
Independent Michigan redistricting commission makes hearings more accessible
Tags: Michigan, redistricting, gerrymandering
Opponents of facial recognition technology in Detroit are not giving up without a fight
Tags: Facial recognition technology, Detroit, Detroit Police, Detroit City Council, Project Green Light, Councilman Spivey, Detroit Will Breathe, protest, petition
Secret recording reveals illegal tactics in petition campaign to repeal Whitmer's emergency powers
Tags: Coronavirus, petition, emergency powers, Gov. Whitmer, perjury, Michigan, Lansing
A group of randomly selected citizens was chosen to redraw Michigan's gerrymandered districts for 2022 election
By Lee DeVito
Tags: gerrymandering, Michigan, Voters Not Politicians, Republicans
Watching democracy die, part 2: When the ends justify the means, anything goes
By Jeffrey C. Billman
Tags: Informed Dissent, democracy, Donald Trump, Trump's America, gerrymandering, Republicans
Michigan Central Station is hiring ‘ambassadors’ to welcome guests this summer
Racist billboards appeared across metro Detroit on Hitler’s birthday
Bombshell Treat Bar readies to open in Berkley