Despite previous criticisms of Donald Trump, GOP U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers on Monday got the much-coveted endorsement of the former president. “Highly respected former Congressman Mike Rogers is running for the United States Senate from the Great State of Michigan. Mike has served his Country during a career loaded up with accolades and wins, […]| Michigan Advance
Where does former Michigan U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers live? Rogers has stood out in the crowded GOP field for an open U.S. Senate seat, having been recruited last year by the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Records show Rogers, 60, owns homes in Michigan and Florida, but is registered to vote at a different Michigan address. […]| Michigan Advance
A three-judge federal court panel has affirmed new boundaries drawn by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) for some state House seats. “Federal law provides us no basis to reject the Commission’s remedial House plan,” the panel wrote in an 11-page decision released Wednesday. In December, a federal court ordered the MICRC to redraw […]| Michigan Advance
With less than a year until the 2024 election, 13 of Michigan’s House and Senate districts, all currently held by Democrats, will need to be redrawn. That was the ruling late Thursday by a panel of three federal judges in a lawsuit, Agee v. Benson, that went to trial in November and alleged the legislative […]| Michigan Advance
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Tuesday afternoon that state Rep. Kyra Harris Bolden (D-Southfield) will be joining the state Supreme Court upon current Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack’s retirement. Bolden will be the first Black woman to serve on the high court and is Whitmer’s first appointment to the state’s Supreme Court. Michigan […]| Michigan Advance
Updated, 4:35 p.m., 9/13/22 with McCormack’s new job Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget McCormack intends to retire later this year, the Democratic-nominated justice announced in a letter to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday. McCormack is roughly two years into an eight-year term. She first won election in 2012, was sworn in as an associate […]| Michigan Advance
More than 2,300 University of Michigan Medicine health care workers have won union recognition after a successful card check earlier this month. The 2,335 employees will join SEIU Healthcare Michigan, along with 283 Michigan Medicine registered respiratory therapists and techs who previously joined the union last July and are currently bargaining for their first contract. […]| Michigan Advance
Michigan Republicans have regained control of the Michigan House, ending Democrats’ complete control in Lansing that was achieved in 2022. Going into Tuesday’s election, Democrats enjoyed a slim 56-54 advantage in the House. But Republicans were able to flip four Democratic districts. In January, the GOP will have a 58-52 majority and be a check […]| Michigan Advance
U.S. businesses added only 12,000 jobs in October, the Labor Department announced Friday, in a weak final jobs report heading into the final days of the presidential election. But experts say a pair of major hurricanes and labor strikes in manufacturing, hotels, and cargo transport obscure the view of the economy – a key issue […]| Michigan Advance
Vice President Kamala Harris told attendees at a rally in Detroit Wednesday where she stands in the upcoming election: with the middle class and on the picket line. Harris was joined at the boisterous rally of about 15,000 at a hanger at Detroit Metropolitan Airport by union leaders, like UAW President Shawn Fain; Gov. Gretchen […]| Michigan Advance
They are the administrators of democracy, making sure that elections are free, fair and efficient. They maintain the records of local government and are responsible for public access to those records, including births, deaths and the marriages in between. And yet, nearly 10% of the 1,240 township clerk positions that are up for election this […]| Michigan Advance
An Indiana man who threatened to kill then-Rochester Hills Clerk Tina Barton, a Republican, days after the 2020 election has been sentenced to federal prison. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Laurie Michelson ordered 38-year-old Andrew Nickels of Carmel, Ind., to 14 months in prison following his guilty plea earlier this year to one count of […]| Michigan Advance
Six individuals facing felony charges for submitting false electoral votes for former President Donald Trump in 2020 were back in court Tuesday for a hearing to determine if a crime has occurred. In all, 15 people are charged with counts including election law forgery and conspiracy to commit election law forgery in a case brought […]| Michigan Advance
About a dozen masked white supremacists marched through downtown Howell on Saturday, chanting “Heil Hitler” and carrying signs with messages like “White Lives Matter” and “End the War on White Children.” Howell, which lies between Lansing and Detroit, has long had a reputation for extremist activity. It became known as a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) […]| Michigan Advance
