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Performers who normally love the spotlight find themselves mighty uncomfortable being thrust into a debate about school-aged children, following remarks by Attorney General Dana Nessel.
Petition gathering is largely unregulated, often relies on people off the street and, this year, one firm is accused of a forgery ring that toppled five gubernatorial campaigns. Is it time for reform?
In recorded testimony, former Attorney General Bill Barr debunks claims about Michigan’s biggest city and says he worried Trump was ‘detached from reality.’
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Ryan Kelley caps another wild week in Michigan politics by arguing his arrest amounts to a “political witch hunt.” James Craig, meanwhile, says he’ll run a write-in campaign after he and four others got booted from the ballot over forged signatures.
Many GOP voters favor exceptions for rape and incest — and many Democratic ones oppose late-term abortions. Such nuance is absent among policymakers, complicating efforts to make laws about the procedure.
After a whirlwind few weeks, Michigan’s primary ballot is beginning to take shape. Here’s a list of candidates for governor, Congress and update on ballot measures.
The Michigan attorney general will review allegations nonprofits broke the law by raising money for the measure to strip Gov. Whitmer of emergency powers. The nonprofits say the move is purely political.
An 11th-hour lawsuit from Republican gubernatorial hopeful Perry Johnson asks federal courts to order him back on the ballot. If not, 'I will have lost substantial amounts of money,' Johnson writes.
Republican gubernatorial candidates down to five after court rejects lawsuits to allow James Craig, Perry Johnson and Michael Markey on the ballot despite forged petition signatures.
Gun regulations won’t prevent school shootings, but armed guards and teachers might, Republican candidates for governor argued Thursday during a debate on Mackinac Island.
The former Detroit Police chief fails in his bid to make the August primary ballot despite a signature forgery scandal. Other Republicans file emergency appeals to the Michigan Supreme Court.
High-profile ballot drives to require voter ID, establish a voucher-like system and raise the minimum wage missed a Wednesday deadline to qualify for the November ballot. A fair lending ballot proposal is the only one that submitted enough signatures.
A ruling means an appeal to the state Supreme Court is the metro Detroit businessman’s only shot to make the August ballot because of forged signatures in his nominating petitions.
Organizers of Unlock Michigan 2, a petition to limit the duration of state and local health orders, announced that it did not collect enough valid signatures before the Wednesday deadline to survive a challenge.
