Democrat Gretchen Whitmer Looks To Separate Herself in Field of Candidates for Governor

Jake Neher/WDET It is very early in Michigan's 2018 gubernatorial race. That said, the race is beginning to take shape...

Rep. Dan Kildee Explains His Decision Not to Run for Governor in 2018

WDET The gubernatorial race for 2018 is already taking shape, a year and a half out. What’s perhaps most interesting so...

Sen. Debbie Stabenow Slams Trump’s Great Lakes Plan, Russian Links

Jake Neher/WDET President Donald Trump recently unveiled his spending plan for the nation, and it was a bitter pill for...

Should Michigan Go the Way of Nebraska and Adopt Unicameral Legislature?

Jake Neher/WDET Revamping Michigan’s Legislature is the hot new talking point in Lansing. A likely gubernatorial hopeful announced a big...

PR Pros John Truscott, Kelly Rossman Break Down 2017 Mackinac Policy Conference

Laura Weber Davis/WDET The Detroit Regional Chamber's annual Mackinac Policy Conference on Mackinac Island is wrapping up. It's been a week...

Michigan’s Legislative Leaders Respond to Part-Time Legislature Proposal

Jake Neher/WDET This week on Mackinac Island, Lt. Gov, Brian Calley launched an effort to make Michigan's Legislature a part-time job....

Mark Bernstein: “I’m Taking Every Step I Need to Take” to Run For Governor

Jake Neher/WDET There’s one name that’s coming up in many conversations on Mackinac Island this week as a potential Democratic candidate...

AG Bill Schuette Talks Governor’s Race, Support for Trump

Jake Neher/WDET Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is a man who has served in just about every elected roll you can...

Lt. Gov. Brian Calley On Push for Part-Time Legislature, Possible Run for Governor

michigan.gov The first big news of this year’s Mackinac Policy Conference comes by way of Lt. Gov. Brian Calley. The Republican...

Legislature Considers Redirecting Billions in Mental Health Budget

“What the bill really said was, ‘Let's take $2.6 billion and hand it over to the private and sometimes profit-making...

Jobless Rate in Windsor Drops Dramatically

“In April our unemployment rate hit about 4.9 percent, which is the lowest it has been nearly 15 years in...

Trump Names MI Supreme Court Justice to Federal Appeals Court

Michigan Supreme Court Michigan Supreme Court Justice Joan Larsen has been chosen by President Trump to serve on the Sixth...