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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
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
John Conyers, weed warrior
By Larry Gabriel
Tags: Higher Ground, John Conyers, marijuana, war on drugs
Geoffrey Fieger on Dan Gilbert: 'Nobody should criticize him for anything he's done' (except for Fieger, apparently)
By Lee DeVito
Tags: News Hits, Jack Lessenberry, Geoffrey Fieger, Donald Trump, Detroit, Video
Former MT columnist Jack Lessenberry is heading to 910 AM Superstation
Tags: The Scene, Jack Lessenberry, 910 AM Superstation
Jack Lessenberry resigns from Metro Times following suspension
Tags: News Hits, Jack Lessenberry, Metro Times, Politics and Prejudices
Snyder wins: Judge rules out early election to fill Conyers' congressional seat
By Violet Ikonomova
Tags: News Hits, Michigan, 13th Congressional District, Detroit, Special election, John Conyers, Michael Gilmore, Gov. Rick Snyder
Snyder's lawyers fight to keep Michigan’s poorest Congressional district unrepresented
Tags: News Hits, Detroit, Michigan, 13th, district, Congress, John Conyers
Rashida Tlaib keeping it real
By Jack Lessenberry
Tags: Politics & Prejudices, Rashida Tlaib, Michigan politics, Michigan Congress
Michigan’s mental health scandal
Tags: Politics & Prejudices, jack lessenberry, michigan health care, mental health in michigan
Vice President Mike Pence is in Detroit to hang out with Schuette and brag
By Alexandra Fluegel
Tags: News Hits, Mike Pence, Donald Trump, Bill Schuette, politics, Michigan politics, GOP
Attacking immigration is un-American
Tags: Politics & Prejudices, Michigan politics, immigration, Immigration policy
Michigan Democrats love Linda Belcher — no, not that one
Tags: News Hits, Michigan democrats, Michigan politics, Linda Belcher
Why Michigan needs the 'law of the jungle'
Tags: Politics & Prejudices, jack lessenberry, john conyers, michigan politics
Now that it’s lit up, people seem to like Detroit’s new I-94 sign
By Steve Neavling
Black women-owned cannabis cultivator Calyxeum opens its first dispensary in Detroit
Detroit’s City Winery music venue aims for 2025 opening