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Ferguson era at MSU appears over as Dems look to other board candidates

Michigan Democrats will vote virtually next week on two nominees for Michigan State University Board of Trustees, and it's doubtful that the name of Joel Ferguson will be among the choices.

4 ways to prevent super delays on Election Day in Michigan

No statewide ballot questions? No competitive statewide political race? Very few compelling races anywhere? No matter. A record 2.2 million Michiganders voted in last week’s primary.

Bernero redux?

Word on the street is Bernero is at least 50/50 set on running for his old job in 2021. Obviously, we're all thinking presidential politics these days, but Mayor Andy Schor has only fewer than 17 months on his term left.

Christine Timmon is on the ballot … and other curiosities

The eccentric political gadfly Christine Timmon is back.

Unheralded field looks to face Slotkin in November

Republicans swung and missed when it came to recruiting a top-tier candidate to run in Ingham County’s 8th Congressional District, leaving those leaning the GOP’s way a choice among four lightly funded political neophytes.

Rick Jones returns to the campaign trail

the political atmosphere couldn’t be more different than it was when Rick Jones made his first political run in 2000.

Calls for Schor’s resignation getting old

Can we stop the “Rush to Resignation” campaign against Lansing Mayor Andy Schor and talk about making changes that matter?

Slotkin, public officials jump on police reforms, not defunding

Public officials are jumping over each other these days with their policing reform ideas.

Why a Capitol gun ban isn’t likely

You can’t bring a gun into the Ingham County Courthouse. Security and a metal detector greets you at the Michigan Hall of Justice and most state office buildings.

Trump messes with the wrong ‘woman from Michigan’

I’m not sure President Donald Trump meant to create a viral hashtag when he referred to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as the “woman from Michigan,” but he did. (#thatwomanfromMichigan).