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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s early Monday statement that he would vote to legalize recreational marijuana use in Florida sent a strong signal that both major parties are moving to …
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Jacob Fischler (via Michigan Advance)
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9/11/24
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WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a six-month stopgap spending bill from heading to the floor for a vote Wednesday, scuttling efforts by the GOP to show solidarity behind their …
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Jennifer Shutt (via Michigan Advance)
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9/11/24
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WASHINGTON — Republicans on the House Administration Committee at a Wednesday hearing argued that legislation to bar people from voting who are not citizens — something already illegal — is …
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Ariana Figueroa (via Michigan Advance)
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9/11/24
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On the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, leaders from the Michigan House of Representatives joined with first responders, military members and families in honoring the lives …
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Kyle Davidson (via Michigan Advance)
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9/11/24
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After being rejected by the Michigan Supreme Court, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has turned to the federal courts to get his name removed from Michigan’s presidential …
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Jon King (via Michigan Advance)
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9/11/24
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Survivors of former Olympic and Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar’s decades-long sexual abuse have waited for thousands of documents from the university to be given to investigators at …
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Anna Liz Nichols (via Michigan Advance)
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9/11/24
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WASHINGTON — As Congress returns from a five-week recess Monday, House Republicans have attached a provision to bar noncitizens from voting in federal elections — which is already unlawful — to …
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Ariana Figueroa (via Michigan Advance)
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9/11/24
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Back in March 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic — when little was known about how the virus was spread, how long it would be around or how many Michiganders would get sick — some …
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Anna Liz Nichols (via Michigan Advance)
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9/11/24
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After a Republican canvasser in Kalamazoo County signed a sworn affidavit stating that he will certify the November presidential election results, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan has …
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Jon King (via Michigan Advance)
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9/11/24
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Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump touted policy proposals and traded barbs Tuesday during a presidential debate packed with promises to revive America’s economy and …
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Ashley Murray (via Michigan Advance)
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9/11/24
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Sometimes the disgusting sewer of presidential year politics hits a little too close to home, and you end up watching a national conversation play out largely divorced from reality or the actual …
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David C. DeWitt (via Michigan Advance)
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9/11/24
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WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee said Tuesday his top priority this November is defending incumbents in tough races — placing Montana’s Jon Tester and …
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Jennifer Shutt (via Michigan Advance)
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9/11/24
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The case against state Rep. Neil Friske (R-Charlevoix) has been sent to the state Attorney General’s Office for review. That comes after local police arrested the northern Michigan lawmaker in June …
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Anna Liz Nichols (via Michigan Advance)
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9/10/24
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Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is leading a bipartisan campaign with 41 state attorneys general who are prodding Congress to require a U.S. surgeon general warning for young people on social …
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Ben Botkin (via Michigan Advance)
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9/10/24
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More than a year after 5 Lakes Energy released a report detailing more than $7.8 billion in federal investments available to fuel Michigan’s transition to clean energy, the consulting firm is …
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Kyle Davidson (via Michigan Advance)
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9/10/24
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Just two days after former President Donald Trump threatened to prosecute and jail political opponents, a supporter of his in the Michigan Legislature expects the same for Michigan Secretary of State …
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Jon King (via Michigan Advance)
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9/10/24
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The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that independent presidential candidate Cornel West’s name will remain on Michigan’s Nov. 5 presidential ballot. In an order issued Monday, the state’s …
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Jon King (via Michigan Advance)
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9/10/24
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In the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court started allowing states — what has become almost half of the country — to ban all or most abortions, doctors continue to report that these laws …
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Sofia Resnick (via Michigan Advance)
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9/10/24
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WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will meet in a highly anticipated and potentially consequential debate Tuesday night in Philadelphia — just over two …
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Ashley Murray (via Michigan Advance)
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9/10/24
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A common complaint about presidential debates is that they change few minds. This year, with anywhere between 3% and 6% of likely voters undecided in early September and the closeness of the race, …
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Diana Carlin (via Michigan Advance)
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9/10/24
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