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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer argued the latest GOP tax cut plan was sent to her with “constitutional defects,” but once again said she is willing to negotiate an election-year tax relief package.
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.
Protesters took to the gallery of the Michigan House on Wednesday, urging legislators to repeal a 1931 abortion ban in a demonstration that resulted in one arrest.
Seeking to intervene in a high-stakes suit over an old abortion ban, the GOP-led Legislature contends a recent injunction is a “blatant conflict of interest” and should be set aside.
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.
The Barry County sheriff files suit claiming state police are interfering with his probe. Local officials say they wish Leaf would probe ‘some of the other situations in the county, everything from drugs to murders to God knows what.”
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.
A Michigan abortion ban would hurt the state’s ability to attract talented workers, according to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who is using the Mackinac Policy Conference to encourage business leaders to speak out.
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.