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House GOP to vote on tax rollback this week

Rick Pluta March 17, 2025

Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall says there will be a floor vote this week on a bill to roll back...

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House Speaker Matt Hall stands at a podium.
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House GOP, Dems at odds in chaotic budget fight

Rick Pluta March 7, 2025

State House Republicans without advance notice Thursday muscled through a $20 billion dollar bare-bones budget, touching off a rancorous floor...

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Michigan Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield) takes a front row seat as Rep. Josh Schriver (R-Oxford) calls for the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse its marriage equality decision.
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GOP House members call on SCOTUS to reverse marriage decision

Rick Pluta February 26, 2025

A group of seven conservative GOP legislators put their names on a non-binding resolution Tuesday calling on the U.S. Supreme...

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GOP state rep. explains why she voted for minimum wage and sick leave changes

Pat Batcheller February 24, 2025

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed bills last week to raise Michigan's minimum wage and guarantee sick leave for workers.The hourly rate...

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Republican political consultant Scott Greenlee.
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Michigan GOP needs new leader, looks to maintain momentum

Russ McNamara January 8, 2025

The beginning of 2024 was marked by turmoil within the Michigan Republican Party. Infighting and complaints over the leadership of...

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Vice President Kamala Harris addresses a crowd of union members and supporters at Detroit Metro Airport in Romulus on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024.
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Former GOP congressman among those supporting Democratic presidential ticket

Rick Pluta October 4, 2024

A group of former state GOP politicians, staffers and consultants announced Thursday that they are endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris...

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Kristina Karamo celebrates her election as Michigan Republican Party chair at the state party's convention on February 18, 2023.
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Karamo forcibly removed from Michigan GOP convention; party chooses Fink, O’Grady for state Supreme Court

Colin Jackson August 26, 2024

The Michigan Republican Party accomplished its goal of choosing candidates for statewide offices including Michigan Supreme Court, state school board,...

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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speaking with WDET at the Mackinac Policy Conference, May 29, 2024.
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Michigan House GOP blasts Nessel plan to sue oil and gas industry

Rick Pluta June 4, 2024

Republicans are pushing back against Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s plan to deputize private practice attorneys to pursue climate lawsuits....

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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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Trump walks away with Michigan GOP convention, hard feelings linger

Rick Pluta March 4, 2024

Former President Donald Trump swept Michigan Republican caucuses held Saturday in Grand Rapids. Trump’s victory and popularity among delegates belies...

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Kristina Karamo speaks to delegates at the Michigan Republican Party convention Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023, in Lansing, Mich., before she defeated nine other candidates to win the party chair position for the next two years.
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Appeals court denies stay to stop ouster of Michigan GOP chair

Rick Pluta March 1, 2024

Former Michigan Republican Party chair Kristina Karamo has lost an important court decision in her effort to be reinstated as...

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Supporters cheer as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a primary election night party at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024.
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The GOP strategy for winning Michigan’s primary, the White House

Quinn Klinefelter February 26, 2024

This year’s Republican presidential primary in Michigan differs from past editions.  Officials moved the primary ahead in the election cycle,...

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FILE - Michigan Republican Party chair Pete Hoekstra listens at a campaign rally in Waterford Township, Mich., Feb. 17, 2024.
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MichMash: Oakland County Chair Vance Patrick on why he supports Hoekstra over Karamo for Michigan GOP chair

Hernz Laguerre February 23, 2024

The drama in the Michigan GOP continues as the party plans two separate conventions for the Republican presidential nominee. MichMash...

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