The GOP wants Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to investigate whether a trip to visit the governor’s father was a legitimate campaign expense.
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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Michigan GOP officials, activists push for 2020 election audit
Six months after Congress certified the 2020 election, pro-Trump officials in the Michigan Republican Party want the state Legislature to order an audit.
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‘Zuckerberg Bucks’ fuel Michigan GOP push to ban private funds for elections
Michigan communities got millions for elections last year from a nonprofit connected to Facebook’s founder. Is the money long overdue or a dangerous precedent?
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Michigan GOP advances voter ID mandate: common sense or a new poll tax?
Supporters say you need an ID to buy beer so you should need one to vote. Foes say eliminating an option allowing voters without ID to still cast ballots amounts to an illegal fee. The courts may decide.
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Michigan GOP pushes critical race, transgender bills as school funding in limbo
Michigan missed a deadline to spend $3.7 billion in federal aid, and lawmakers have spent days debating whether schools should teach critical race theory or allow transgender athletes from competing.
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Whitmer campaign, not shadow nonprofit, now paying for Florida flight
With the FAA probing the legality of a nonprofit payment for Whitmer’s March flight to Florida, the governor’s campaign announced Thursday that it will pay for the flight instead. It also revealed the governor’s daughters flew on the return flight.
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Michigan GOP eases absentee voter ID plan. Critics call proposal ‘pointless’
Republicans drop plans to require residents to mail a photocopy of their ID to apply for an absentee ballot. But they’d still have to give up some personal information to qualify.
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They were at the Capitol riot. Now, these Michigan Republicans want your vote
Candidates for governor, Congress and other state offices in Michigan were in D.C. — both inside the Capitol and out — on Jan. 6, showing how far the Republican Party has changed.
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One year after George Floyd murder, lawmakers propose Michigan police reforms
Michigan hasn’t passed any significant reforms, but now a bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to set standards for deadly force, create a system for independent investigations of shootings by officers and limit no-knock warrants.
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Austin Chenge faces eligibility issue in GOP bid for Michigan governor
Austin Chenge, who wants to cancel the state contract with Dominion Voting Systems along with Black History Month, may not be eligible to run for governor of Michigan.