Will more poll observers and challengers increase trust in the election process, or foster conflict? Michigan is about to find out.
Jonathan Oosting
Jonathan is a deputy editor for Bridge Michigan. He helps plan and execute in-depth reporting and campaign coverage. As a longtime political reporter, Jonathan was named 2021 Journalist of the Year by the Michigan Press Association. He and a colleague shared that honor again in 2023, when they were also named Journalists of the Year by the Society of Professional Journalists – Detroit Chapter. Jonathan covered the state Capitol for The Detroit News and MLive before joining Bridge in September of 2019. He's from Grand Rapids, lives in Lansing and loves spending time Up North.
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Records: Dana Nessel made security sign non-disclosure deals; union balked
The attorney general’s office required special agents assigned to her protection sign confidentiality agreements, a move that sparked a union grievance and settlement, according to records reviewed by Bridge Michigan.
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Whitmer: Proposal 3, abortion rights will help Michigan ‘steal’ jobs from Ohio
Governor ties abortion rights to economy as she and challenger Tudor Dixon speak to Detroit Economic Club. Dixon calls that an ‘odd economic plan.’
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Gretchen Whitmer made a lot of promises in 2018. Here’s how she’s done
Campaigning for governor, Whitmer laid out a 98-page plan for Michigan. Four years later, she gets passing marks for childcare, education, abortion, failing ones for transparency and the pension tax and an incomplete on roads.
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Michigan governor debate: Fact checking Whitmer-Dixon showdown
In their first debate, Whitmer and Dixon sparred over abortion, the economy, crime, the roads and COVID. What was true, false and needed a lot more context.
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Michigan Gov. Whitmer: Defunding police ‘dangerous and foolish’
The Democrat in 2020 said she supported the ‘spirit’ of the ‘defund the police’ movement. One month before she’s up for re-election, she is touting increased police funding.
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Michigan firm linked to election worker data breach; Detroit ends contract
The owner of an East Lansing election software firm is expected to self-surrender to authorities from Los Angeles County, California, where he’s facing at least one felony charge for a potential breach of poll worker data.
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Crime spiked in Michigan under Whitmer. GOP blames her. Experts blame COVID
Violent crime rose more in Michigan than other states. Republicans say Whitmer is soft on crime, but experts say that doesn’t explain crime that spiked nationwide amid pandemic.
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Donald Trump touts ‘fantastic’ Michigan Republicans, returns again to 2020
Republican challenger Tudor Dixon’s criticism of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer prompted “lock her up” chants Saturday, while GOP secretary of state candidate Kristina Karamo labeled Michigan’s top Democrats ‘psychopaths.’
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Gretchen Whitmer touts economy. Michigan lost 82K jobs under her watch.
No doubt, the pandemic bruised the economy nationwide. But Michigan has fared worse than other states by most measures.