Powerful voter rights groups that overhauled Michigan voter laws have a new goal: Electing the U.S. president based on the national popular vote. Two winners of recent presidential elections — George W. Bush and Donald Trump — took office despite losing the national vote.
Tax cuts coming for lower-income and pensioners — and a permanent income tax could be triggered this year under a deal that effectively killed a onetime stimulus.
Many Michigan residents are still without power following last week’s ice storm. Democrats are chastising utility companies for not providing automatic reimbursements to consumers impacted by power outages.
The 2024 election could determine balance of power in Sentate. So far, there are more people are taking themselves out of the running than announced candidates.
Karamo, who refused to concede her 14-point loss in the 2022 secretary of state race, beat Matthew DePerno, who is under investigation for vote machine tampering.
Even though both chambers of the Legislature have approved tax cuts, the deal remains up in the air because not enough Republicans support the plan for it to take immediate effect.
Police say MSU shooter Anthony McRae also threatened several local businesses, a church and New Jersey schools “on his list,” according to a handwritten note they found in his wallet, and failed to register his guns.
Within 20 minutes of a mass shooting, officers had multiple sightings of the man who police say killed three students and critically injured five others. A deluge of other tips may have diverted officers, the dispatch log suggests.
Legislative Democrats in Michigan promised quick action on gun reform bills in the aftermath of a shooting at Michigan State University where three were killed and five others wounded.
On President Biden’s order, another unidentified flying object over Lake Huron was shot down on Sunday, making it the fourth one this month. The object was flying at an altitude that could potentially cause a threat to commercial airlines.
The Michigan Senate is expected to take up tax relief on Tuesday. The party that normally favors low taxes is opposed to Gov. Whitmer’s $180 rebate checks. It’s complicated.
In what one donor calls ‘doubling down on dumb,’ two failed state candidates known for conspiracy theories — Kristina Karamo and Mathew DePerno — are front-runners to lead the Michigan GOP.
House Democrats pass tax cuts to lower-income residents and seniors, but a $180 onetime rebate is up could be up in the air unless Senate Republicans agree to the plan.
He didn’t make the ballot in his campaign for governor. But he’s now setting his sights on president and will unveil a campaign ad in Iowa during the Super Bowl.
The big money in Michigan went to Democrats after they gained control of the Legislature, while the GOP’s streak of money troubles is continuing, records show.