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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Mich., Tuesday, April 2, 2024.
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Trump, Republicans talk border in Grand Rapids

Colin Jackson April 3, 2024

Criticisms of the Biden administration’s immigration policies made up a major part of former President Donald Trump’s speech in Grand...

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Protesters attend a meeting of Michigan's new Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission on Oct. 21, 2021, in Lansing, Mich.
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Created Equal: Breaking down the new state House districts in metro Detroit

Created Equal April 3, 2024

Just two years into Michigan’s experiment with citizen-drawn maps for the Legislature and Congress, a court-ordered redraw to address gerrymandering...

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FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a commit to caucus rally, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, in Waterloo, Iowa.
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Trump to visit Grand Rapids Tuesday

Colin Jackson April 1, 2024

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to be in Grand Rapids Tuesday. The Kent County GOP says it will not...

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Redistricting
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Court OKs redistricting commission’s map for Detroit area House districts

Colin Jackson April 1, 2024

A federal court last week approved a new plan for Michigan’s state House districts around metro Detroit. That’s after judges...

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Michigan Republican Party Chair Pete Hoekstra said dissident delegates were refused credentials because they ignored repeated efforts to get them to register.
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Pete Hoekstra: ‘There’s lots of folks investing in the MI GOP’

Russ McNamara March 29, 2024

For the past two years, the Michigan Republican Party has been marred by complaints about leadership, disorganization and poor finances....

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Lavora Barnes
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Michigan Democrats ‘fired up’ ahead of November presidential election, party chair says

Russ McNamara March 28, 2024

President Joe Biden was always going to be on the ballot as the presumptive Democratic nominee for this year's presidential...

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Photo Credit: Laura Herberg, WDET
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Most February Michigan primary votes were cast before Election Day

Rick Pluta March 19, 2024

A state elections board on Monday completed the formality of certifying Michigan’s presidential primary results and, along the way, learned...

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Michigan state Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet has won the influential UAW endorsement in the race to fill Michigan’s toss-up 8th Congressional District seat.
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UAW endorses McDonald Rivet in 8th Congressional District race

Rick Pluta March 18, 2024

State Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet has won the influential United Auto Workers endorsement in the Democratic primary to fill Michigan’s...

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Former Flint Mayor Matt Collier joins a crowded field of Democrats hoping to replace the retiring Congressman Dan Kildee.
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Another Democrat enters the race to replace Congressman Dan Kildee

Steve Carmody March 13, 2024

A former Flint mayor is joining the race to fill the eighth district congressional seat. Matt Collier served as Flint’s...

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Rep. Noah Arbit (D-West Bloomfield) is calling for people convicted of many election-related crimes to be permanently barred from serving on canvassing boards that certify election results.
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House bill would permanently block convicted tamperers from election jobs

Rick Pluta March 13, 2024

A state House committee held its first hearing Tuesday on a bill to permanently bar people convicted of many election-related...

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Wayne County Executive Warren Evans.
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Detroit Evening Report: Warren Evans shares why he voted ‘uncommitted’ in Michigan’s primary

Sascha Raiyn March 12, 2024

Wayne County Executive Warren Evans is warning Democratic Party leaders not to take Black voters for granted this year.Subscribe to...

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U.S. Supreme Court building
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Created Equal: Does SCOTUS ruling on the Colorado insurrection clause set a dangerous precedent? 

Created Equal March 12, 2024

Early this month, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled to restore Donald Trump to the 2024 presidential primary ballot in...

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