Former Attorney General Mike Cox puts another $2M of his own money into the Michigan governor’s race as John James, Mike Duggan and Jocelyn Benson raise most from donors.
Simon D. Schuster
Simon D. Schuster is a Capitol Reporter for Bridge Michigan. Simon joined Bridge Michigan in 2024 after working as MLive's senior political reporter and later covering politics on their investigative team. He spent three years tracking the influence of political money in Michigan as executive director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network, a nonpartisan nonprofit. A Michigan native, Simon received a bachelor's and a master of public policy from Michigan State University, where he was a policy fellow at the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research. Outside of work you'll find him in Detroit, backpacking northern Michigan or visiting his fiancée in Scandinavia. He lives in Lansing.
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Plea deal: Lee Chatfield aide to testify against him in Michigan corruption case
A top aide to former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield has agreed to testify against him in a corruption trial next year.
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Corruption trial for ex-Michigan Speaker Lee Chatfield delayed to fall 2026
A judge has delayed by 10 months a planned trial for former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield, who along with his wife, is facing a slew of corruption-related charges.
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‘No Kings’ protests draw big crowds across Michigan
Big crowds gathered at ‘No Kings’ protests across the state to demonstrate against President Donald Trump. ‘People are more outraged every day by what’s going on,’ said one organizer.
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Michigan’s ‘toss up’ US Senate race draws donors from other states
Out-of-state donors are pouring money into Michigan’s US Senate race, where Haley Stevens narrowly outraised Democratic primary opponents in the third quarter, but Republican Mike Rogers built the largest war chest.
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Sweeping plan would cap Michigan marijuana shops, freeze new applications
Michigan would stop issuing most new marijuana business licenses under sweeping legislation backed by a leading industry group. New dispensaries could not open in communities that already have more than one shop per 10,000 residents.
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Michigan’s bipartisan budget deal aims to ‘protect’ Medicaid. Here’s how
Michigan is seeking to avoid steep losses in federal funding for Medicaid by changing an insurance provider tax. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says a new state budget will ‘protect access to health care for millions.’
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Road funding 101: What to know about Michigan’s $2B deal
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday celebrated the state’s new bipartisan road funding deal, which is historic in scope but still short of earlier targets. See what roads will get fixed, and which taxes will go up, as a result.
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Michigan taxes on tips, overtime, Social Security to end for three years
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law an exemption on income taxes for tips, overtime and social security income this week. The tax cut will be in place from 2026 through 2028.
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Michigan Marijuana group sues to block new tax central to road funding deal
An industry group wants to block implementation of a 24% wholesale tax that is central to lawmaker’s $2 billion road funding plan.