What to expect in Michigan’s state house special elections

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Democrats hope to restore their slim majority in the state House of Representatives on Tuesday when...

What the US Census’ new ‘MENA’ category means to Arab Americans

The state Office of Management and Budget recently announced the addition of a Middle Eastern or North African (MENA) category...

Trump, Republicans talk border in Grand Rapids

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

Created Equal: Breaking down the new state House districts in metro Detroit

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

Trump to visit Grand Rapids Tuesday

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

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

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

Pete Hoekstra: ‘There’s lots of folks investing in the MI GOP’

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

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

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

Most February Michigan primary votes were cast before Election Day

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

UAW endorses McDonald Rivet in 8th Congressional District race

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

Another Democrat enters the race to replace Congressman Dan Kildee

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

House bill would permanently block convicted tamperers from election jobs

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