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With Michigan’s House seats back on the ballot in 2024, here are the key races to watch
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAs Tuesday’s campaign filing deadline has passed, the races for the Aug. 6 primary election are...
State pushes to expand free pre-K programs
Midland Daily News· 4 days agoGov. Gretchen Whitmer is pursuing the goal of extending free pre-K to more Michigan families by 2027. The expansion would come with a $254.6 million...
On this day in 1989: Future Hall of Famer Barry Sanders is drafted by the Detroit Lions
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 3 days agoOn April 23, 1989, the Detroit Lions selected Barry Sanders of Oklahoma State University with its...
Despite red reputation, Kent County has emerged as key election battleground in Michigan
Gannett via AOL· 7 hours agoAnd even with Democrats faring better in recent elections — Biden’s victory in 2020 is sandwiched by...
NFL draft in Detroit, Day 1: Live updates as football fans descend upon downtown
Gannett via AOL· 1 day ago—Lyndsay C. Green Is it Gov. Tirico? Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, posing as a sportscaster in a...
10 years after Flint water crisis began, emergency manager law must change | Opinion
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 day agoSnyder stubbornly refused to advance the measures his own task force had recommended, despite having...
Expert: Nuclear energy could help decarbonize electricity sector
The Center Square· 1 day agoThe Michigan Chamber of Commerce, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, bipartisan lawmakers and organized labor...
Detroit hosts NFL Draft day 2024
WOOD via Yahoo Sports· 1 day agoNFL Network Analyst Charles Davis was in Detroit for the official announcement and it was unlike any other Draft announcement he’s seen. “The governor of...
Gov. Whitmer, officials on NFL Draft economics: 'We’re changing the stigma here'
WJBK fox local articles via Yahoo Sports· 2 days ago"Detroit is safe. Detroit is clean. Detroit is open. We invite you to visit," said City Councilmember Fred Durhall III during a panel on NFL Draft day economics.
Michigan House committee approves changes to hate crime legislation
CBS News· 2 days agoAfter a set of hate crime bills didn't make it across the finish line to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's...