10 GOP gubernatorial candidates: who’s the cream of the crop?
Michigan's Republican Party is lining up a record-breaking 10 candidates for governor this year.
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Republicans’ co-chairwoman pledges her allegiance to Trump candidates
The functional head of the Michigan Republican Party grabbed firm hold of a third rail in partisan politics this week by endorsing two statewide candidates running in competitive races for the party's nomination.
Dates that matter in Michigan’s response to COVID
Within the two years since the coronavirus blew into Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has gone from aggressively managing a response to barely acknowledging its existence.
Whitmer’s four-letter word is actually five: COVID
One thing Whitmer hasn’t been talking about? COVID-19.
Shades of Snyder: Rich GOP candidate takes field with newest Super Bowl ad
We all remember the “One Tough Nerd” Super Bowl ad of 2010 and the less-than-successful “China” Super Bowl ad Pete Hoekstra tried in 2012.
Whitmer softening her edge; Nessel sharpening hers
It’s the Tuesday after Martin Luther King Day and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is sitting in front of a fireplace, praising a beautiful drawing of a Byron Center eighth grader’s depiction of a stone arch.
Democrats like pick-up state House seat with redistricting
As part of the new commission's drive to draw maps that basically give both Republicans and Democrats a puncher's chance of winning a majority every two years, urban areas like Lansing, Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor were carved up like a pie instead of packed together like a can of pumpkin.
My Top 10 memorable moments of 2021
Yes, I know how subjective these lists are. I’ll label this list my 2021 memorable moments of state government and politics because it’s unchallengeable. Who can question what I felt was memorable, but me?
Sign of times: Gov. Whitmer signs fewest bills into law since 1960
Here’s a piece of news that tells you a lot about the Democratic governor and the Republican leadership of the state House and Senate in Lansing.
Natl. popular vote, lending reform most likely ballot issues in 2022
For anyone serious about putting a ballot proposal in front of Michigan voters in 2022, the clock is ticking.