Jonathan Oosting

Attorney Stefanie Lambert says she has been indicted in plot to illegally examine vote machines in an effort to prove 2020 election was rigged against Donald Trump. Others under investigation include Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf.

Officials with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services initially denied an open records request by Bridge Michigan for emails and documents regarding a $25 million state grant but ultimately agreed to release them after a successful challenge.

Emails obtained by Bridge show Michigan officials pressed to expedite a grant to the former aide of ex-House Speaker Jason Wentworth; asked few questions before approving the project.

A former legislative aide to onetime House Speaker Jason Wentworth led both a nonprofit that secured the grant and a for-profit firm that was paid more than $820,000 days after it went into effect.

A new council tasked with reversing Michigan’s stagnant population got younger Thursday but remains significantly older than the state.

An Oakland County judge gave a special prosecutor exactly what he wanted: A broad interpretation of a law that a grand jury could use to indict former attorney general candidate Matt DePerno and other 2020 election deniers accused of tampering with voting machines.

Contrary to earlier statements, Michigan didn’t suspend a $25 million health campus project overseen by a former aide to onetime House Speaker Jason Wentworth until one day after Bridge wrote about the deal.

Every Michigan Republican serving in Congress is backing Trump’s bid to return to the White House, according to his campaign. The former president is leading in national polls while battling criminal indictments.

Even as he recovers from suspected stress fractures allegedly inflicted by a fellow Republican, the chair of Clare County’s GOP says ‘We're not really fighting that much in the Republican Party.’

The decision has been delayed, however, as a special prosecutor seeks a declaratory ruling on a law the grand jury could use to indict individuals, including former GOP attorney general candidate Matthew DePerno.

Federal authorities say a Houghton man spray-painted swastikas on a synagogue as part of a multi-state attack coordinated by members of a national white supremacist group.

Michigan GOP infighting has reached the highest levels of the cash-strapped state party, with Chair Kristina Karamo and co-chair Melinda Pego feuding over financial transparency.

Like their Republican predecessors, Democrats plan plenty of pork projects. But they also are adopting rules to reform the process, including disclosure by Sept. 30, 2024.

Former President Donald Trump returns to Oakland County, claiming that Joe Biden’s ‘ridiculous crusade to force everyone into electric cars’ will mean ‘decimation’ for Michigan.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office has filed felony criminal charges against at least three people linked to a false fraud scandal that kept five Republican gubernatorial hopefuls off the ballot in 2022.

The Michigan House votes for complete ban on marriage for minors under the age of 18. Five Republicans oppose the bills.

Democrats say the update to 1988 law is overdue. Republicans contend it criminalizes free speech.

Democrats advanced bills that would give clerks up to 8 days to count absentee ballots before an election to reduce delays and misinformation. GOP lawmakers say it would open the door to election fraud.

Priorities or pork? Democrats add 150 earmarks to state budget. They say they’re more transparent than Republicans, but the process still includes few specific details about projects.

A judge sanctions the Michigan GOP chair her attorney and other plaintiffs following a 2022 election lawsuit that sought to nullify Detroit’s absentee ballots. A judge called the case ‘rife with speculation.’