Does Your Vote Count?

govtech.com The November presidential election is fast approaching. Both major parties have presumptive nominees and media coverage is ramping up....

Welfare Reform Legislation May Be Having Unintended Impact: Homeless Families

Advocates for the homeless say it appears that legislation passed in 2011 may be having unintended consequences.   The law puts...

Marijuana Legalization Campaign Likely Headed to Court After Petitions Rejected

Jake Neher/WDET A state elections board has rejected petitions filed by the campaign to legalize marijuana in Michigan. The next...

Democratic Congresswoman Dingell says Trump could win Michigan, Presidency

Democrat Hillary Clinton is considered by many to be her party’s presumed presidential nominee. Rival Bernie Sanders says he will...

Court Fight Looms Over Marijuana Ballot Drive

Jake Neher/WDET The state Elections Bureau says the petition drive to legalize marijuana in Michigan has failed to gather enough...

U.S. Rep. Candice Miller Explains Trump Endorsement, Leaving Congress

Joan Isabella/WDET For more than a decade, U.S. Rep. Candice Miller (R-Harrison Township) has been representing Michigan’s 10th Congressional district....

The Election of Our Disaffection: Heads of Truscott Rossman PR Firm Talk 2016

Laura Weber Davis/WDET The Mackinac Policy Conference is supposed to be about getting business leaders and elected officials together to...

Tenant Rights Group to Register Voters in Detroit

A tenant rights group in Detroit is starting a campaign June 6 to register voters for the 2016 elections. The...

Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel Talks Regional Transit, His Political Future

Laura Weber Davis, WDET We're still two years out from the gubernatorial race in Michigan but there is already plenty...

Actress Melissa Gilbert Ends Bid for Michigan Congressional Seat

Former Little House on the Prairie actress Melissa Gilbert says she is withdrawing as a candidate for Congress from Michigan....

What Happens to the 8th District Congressional Race Now that Melissa Gilbert Dropped Out?

Melissa Gilbert was widely criticized by Republicans and Democrats alike for running a lackluster campaign for Congress. And now the...

Clinton Vows to Protect Workers, Fight for Sanders’ Agenda

Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton told a crowd of union members in Detroit a Donald Trump presidency would erase decades...