MichMash: Will We or Won’t We Be Allowed To Vote Straight-Party Ticket This November?

WDET Digital Michigan voters won't be able to fill in one bubble to vote for all candidates of a single...

GOP-Controlled Legislature Approves Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Leave Proposals

Jake Neher The state Legislature has approved two proposals that were otherwise headed for the November ballot. The measures, approved on...

U of M Law Expert: I Won’t Be Watching the Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings

Richard Primus This week the Senate Judiciary Committee begins its hearings with Judge Brett Kavanaugh, as he seeks the role...

MichMash: Here’s Why Dems Might Vote Against Minimum Wage Increase

WDET Digital Lawmakers are returning to Lansing after their summer break. One big question is whether the Legislature will vote...

Wayne State Historian: “McCain…Was Reaching for Ideas That Go Back to Beginning of the Republic”

Gus Navarro This weekend the nation will lay to rest a modern icon of the U.S. Senate -- Arizona Senator...

Who Are These People We’re Voting For or Against in November?

MPRN We now know all of our choices for statewide races in November. This past weekend, Democrats and Republicans both...

“We’re the Richest Democracy With the Worst Poverty,” says EVICTED Author Matthew Desmond

John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson has spent this summer reading with listeners, discussing some...

MichMash: Running Mates Don’t Usually Make a Difference. You Should Still Care.

WDET Digital Our Democratic and Republican candidates for governor have their running mates. Do those picks make a difference for...

Michigan Democrats, GOP Will Solidify Statewide Tickets This Weekend

Cheyna Roth/MPRN This weekend, Michigan Democrats and Republicans will meet to pick their nominees for various elected offices this fall, throw their...

Are Midwest Voters Choosing ‘Safe’ Candidates?

Jake Neher/WDET The major party candidates running for governor of Michigan are offering voters a diverse mix of choices. Republican...

Former Michigan U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade Puts Cohen, Manafort Trials Into Context

Laura Weber Davis/WDET Yesterday brought a couple of big developments in the many facets of Robert Mueller’s investigation into the...

Whitmer on Schuette: ‘I’m Not Going to Get Distracted by His Superficial, Sexist Barbs’

Joan Isabella/WDET Democratic nominee for governor Gretchen Whitmer is calling out her GOP opponent Bill Schuette for what she calls "superficial,...