If it feels like you’ve seen a lot of Perry Johnson ads on TV lately, it’s because you have. As of today, the super-rich Republican gubernatorial candidate has spent $12.1 million on …
One of the most talented legislators I’ve witnessed in my 25 years on the job is hanging up after this year. He’s at no risk of getting beaten at the ballot box. He’s not cloaked in …
Pretend you didn’t know President Donald Trump’s approval rating is 42% in Michigan. You can tell Republicans are sweating the 2026 elections by the far-fetched, pie-in-the-sky ideas …
I can’t get a few words from Kevin Rinke out of my mind. Rinke, if you remember, made a little money back in the day running a car dealership in Southeast Michigan. He self-funded a …
“HEY, WAGLER! FUCK YOU!” That was the first one I heard. The barrage of shouted insults, including toward University of Illinois’s Keaton Wagler, was well underway by the time I took …
Back in 2017, an out-of-state signature collector hanging outside the downtown bus station asked me to sign a petition to raise the state’s minimum wage to $9.90 per hour. I don’t sign …
A GOP operative suggested on Facebook the other day that Republicans needed to “unify” behind Congressman John James for governor. I laughed out loud. Republicans unify? Maybe after the …
Before taking off for Christmas, one of the state Legislature’s most conservative members, Rep. Jim DeSana dropped a bill to end the new universal state tax break the state gave to data centers two …
Since longtime Secretary of State Dick Austin was beat in 1994, the Michigan Democratic Party has taken two approaches to picking their Secretary of State nominee. One: Pick someone who adds …
It’s officially 2026! We’re electing a new governor, U.S. senator, secretary of state and attorney general. Since we’re looking at a solid 10 months of prognostications, let’s get …