Competitive Michigan House races feature anti-labor Republican candidates
The Michigan Supreme Court overturned a Republican attempt to gut a paid sick leave law.
By Jesse Valentine - November 01, 2024The Michigan Supreme Court overturned a Republican attempt to gut a paid sick leave law.
By Jesse Valentine - November 01, 2024The partisan split in the Michigan House of Representatives will be decided in the Nov. 5 election.
By Jesse Valentine - October 28, 2024Another GOP-filed lawsuit targeting voting in Michigan has been tossed out of court.
By Jon King, Michigan Advance - October 23, 2024A lawsuit filed by the Republican Party seeking to tighten qualifications for Americans living overseas to cast ballots in Michigan has been tossed out.
By Jon King, Michigan Advance - October 22, 2024Junge has attacked his Democratic opponent for supposedly being soft on China.
By Jesse Valentine - October 11, 2024Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday signed a bevy of bills into law, including more than half a dozen dealing with health care and family support.
By Jon King, Michigan Advance - October 09, 2024Rogers was a supporter of NAFTA, CAFTA, and TPP.
By Jesse Valentine - October 09, 2024Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-White Lake)said he was “passionately against” allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, which he referred to as “sugar high politics.”
By Jon King, Michigan Advance - October 02, 2024Hudson has endorsed former President Donald Trump’s 2024 candidacy
By Jesse Valentine - October 01, 2024Democrats currently hold a slim majority in the Michigan legislature.
By Jesse Valentine - September 30, 2024Rogers has a history of using his political connections to further the agendas of private businesses.
By Jesse Valentine - September 16, 2024This summer, thousands of voters were taken through an online policymaking simulation produced by the University of Maryland, in which they were briefed on very specific policy questions that get to the heart of what it means practically to ban abortion.
By Sofia Resnick, States Newsroom - September 04, 2024Distrust of elections has created tension in tight-knit Michigan communities.
By Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline - August 22, 2024There were 18,488 abortions performed in Ohio in 2022, a 27.4% decrease compared to 2012, according to Abortion Forward.
By Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal - August 16, 2024A day before the Republican primary election, U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers connected with a right-wing nonprofit connected to Project 2025 and anti-trans activists.
By Jon King, Michigan Advance - August 06, 2024A political action committee backed by billionaire Elon Musk in support of former President Donald Trump is being investigated by Michigan’s secretary of state’s office over its efforts to collect voter data in battleground states.
By Jon King, Michigan Advance - August 05, 2024Michigan lawmakers expanded access for free pre-K and community college in the Fiscal Year 2025 education budget, which were centerpiece plans for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who’s planning to sign the bill Tuesday afternoon in Flint.
By Lucy Valeski, Michigan Advance - July 23, 2024Group hung Nazi and KKK banners on highway overpass
By Jon King, Michigan Advance - July 22, 2024A lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court seeking to overturn Michigan’s ban on conversion therapy for minors, which seeks to change the sexual orientation and gender identity of LGBTQ+ individuals, alleging it violates the free speech rights of Catholic counselors.
By Jon King, Michigan Advance - July 15, 2024Rogers has not disclosed his salary at AT&T, but his net worth has ballooned to nearly $12 million since 2013.
By Jesse Valentine - July 09, 2024President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign held a rally Monday in Southeast Michigan, attempting to draw a sharp contrast between abortion policy under Democrats vs. former President Donald Trump.
By Lucy Valeski, Michigan Advance - June 25, 2024Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday signed an executive order establishing the Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Task Force.
By Jon King, Michigan Advance - June 20, 2024While speaking in Grand Rapids on Monday, Former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos offered little when asked if she would support former President Donald Trump
By Kyle Davidson, Michigan Advance - June 18, 2024During Rogers’ tenure, the Mitre Corporation also benefited from the gutting of a teen pregnancy prevention program.
By Jesse Valentine - June 18, 2024Gun reform advocates gathered around the steps of Michigan’s Capitol Thursday, calling for more policy and community resources surrounding firearms in the state.
By Lucy Valeski, Michigan Advance - June 07, 2024‘Time to wake the hell up,’ Michigan attorney general tells community and allies
By Jon King, Michigan Advance - June 06, 2024The FBI says Huawei and ZTE are national security threats. Rogers worked for AT&T when they did business with both.
By Jesse Valentine - May 23, 2024Bills that would allow trained pharmacists to prescribe birth control were approved Thursday by the Michigan House Health Policy Committee.
By Katie O'Brien Kelley, Michigan Advance - April 19, 2024In special elections on Tuesday, state House Democratic candidates Peter Herzberg and Mai Xiong scored victories in two Southeast Michigan districts to help secure a 56-54 voting majority for their caucus.
By Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance - April 17, 2024Josh Powell, a candidate for a special Michigan House election this month, said during a GOP event that he opposes all abortion “without exception” — and, if elected, is open to repealing the state’s landmark abortion law.
By Jon King, Michigan Advance - April 02, 2024