What we learned from Weiser’s visit to North Oakland
Michigan Republican Party Chair Ron Weiser doesn’t typically peak at public events for a reason. To be generous, his reputation isn’t one of firing up a crowd.
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Why the GOP is still kissing Trump’s ring
Meshawn Maddock was beaming. She said she was in God’s Country in the Upper Peninsula. It’s her opinion, of course, but she’s certainly acting as if she’s in heaven.
Bipartisanship coming soon? The insiders don’t see it
As I’m writing this, in five days the $2-an-hour pandemic-inspired pay bump the governor gave direct-care workers who help those with special needs expires.
Whither our congressional district?
We’ve known U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin for two-plus years here in Lansing, but what are the odds we’ll get a chance to vote for her in 2022?
Security tightening as Capitol hopes for the best
The state Capitol is going to feel a lot different in the coming days, and it starts with a 6-foot-high fence around the front.
Five unresolved Capitol issues in 2021
Yeah, yeah, I know, thank God 2020 is over. I hear you. That said, it’s impossible after a newsworthy year like that to not have some carryover issues to deal with.
What if we got a do-over for 2020
How many times have we replayed those major points in life and wondered, what if I had …
The Whitmer-Shirkey relationship: The gulf remains deep
Mike Shirkey would prefer to say, “Bovine secretion.” That’s what he calls the Gov. Gretchen Whitmer administration’s latest economic shutdowns on restaurants and eating at entertainment venues.
A call for light in dark times
I dread clicking into my Twitter feed. I secretly hope the snide, clever, cutting remark from some lightly informed blowhard hiding behind some gutless pseudonym won’t be there.
Lawmakers receiving calls to pick electors for Trump
The Trump campaign is putting a final push on Michigan’s Republican legislators to find a way to appoint Michigan’s 16 Electoral College members to vote for President Donald Trump for president on the argument that there was too much fraud and shenanigans that took place in Wayne County to let the vote there stand.