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‘America is burning,’ according to Michigan Republican businessman Sandy Pensler, who is running for the U.S. Senate for a second time. He spent $5 million on a losing campaign in 2018.
New laws signed by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer aim to expand automatic voter registration, deter political ‘deepfakes’ and ‘fake electors’ while limiting the kind of pressure campaign former President Donald Trump waged in his failed attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss.
A group called AxMITax plans to begin circulating petitions in January for a potential ballot proposal, which if passed would eliminate, among other priorities, the $2.5 billion State Education Tax used to support K-12 schools.
The Michigan House will remain at a 54-54 tie until replacements for two departing Democrats are seated in April 2024, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Wednesday.
As the 2024 election nears, a movement is afoot to oust Michigan GOP Chair Kristina Karamo this month. Foes are recruiting potential successors, but others aren’t convinced the effort will work.
Donald Trump can appear on Michigan’s presidential primary ballot, a state judge ruled Tuesday, rejecting lawsuits that sought to disqualify him because of an insurrection clause in the U.S. Constitution. Appeals are planned.
The Legislature is expected to adjourn for the year on Tuesday, so 67+ bills will take effect 91 days later on Feb. 13, including changes to abortion rights, pension taxes and gun regulations.
Attorneys for Donald Trump appeared in Michigan court on Thursday to fight twin lawsuits that seek to keep him off 2024 presidential ballots, citing an insurrection clause in the U.S. Constitution. The judge expects to rule “quickly.”
Thursday’s session is expected to be the last day Michigan lawmakers will meet for the year. Republicans question why Dems want early shutdown when there’s much to do on roads, education and other issues.
Michigan Democrats are rushing to finalize major bill packages on financial disclosure for lawmakers and energy reform because of presidential politics, a tenuous majority and upcoming hunting break.
Former President Donald Trump sued Michigan on Tuesday in an attempt to ensure he will appear on the 2024 ballot, despite separate lawsuits seeking to disqualify him over the Capitol “insurrection.”
Republicans canvassers blocked a citizen ballot proposal to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour because organizers changed a definition in the petition before collecting an estimated 360,309 voter signatures.
The suit argues that the former president is ineligible to run again under a Civil War-era Constitutional clause barring insurrectionists from holding office.
Electronic absentee ballot applications and allowing military spouses to vote electronically were among the election reforms voted through the Michigan House Wednesday.
Former President Donald Trump campaigned in Michigan on Wednesday, urging the striking UAW to endorse his return to the White House while promising to fight Joe Biden’s EV push.
Working class voters have helped tip presidential elections in Michigan, and that could happen again. Former President Trump is trying to recapture the magic that fueled his surprise Michigan victory in 2016.
President Biden walks the picket line with striking autoworkers and backs a 40 percent pay hike proposal as Michigan approves additional incentives for Marshall megasite despite Ford’s announcement to “pause” work on a planned EV battery factory.
The Michigan Republican Party capped a conspiracy-filled Mackinac Island retreat by approving a caucus plan that will give Donald Trump loyalists more power than primary voters.
