OPINION: Keep the lights on for Michigan electrical workers, save clean energy investments
Trump’s attacks on clean energy are setting Michigan back.
Dec
2025
11
GOP ACCOUNTABILITY
Oct
2025
23
Report: Billionaire accused in Florida prostitution sting donates $12k to boost Mike Rogers’ Senate campaign
A review of Federal Election Commission records by The ‘Gander found that Rogers’ campaign accepted a $12,000 contribution on Aug. 7 from John W. Childs—a billionaire GOP megadonor and former private equity executive who was charged in 2019 with soliciting prostitution.
Oct
2025
16
Michigan Democrats call for GOP response to leaked, slur-filled Young Republicans’ chat
In the wake of a report from POLITICO detailing a chat among leaders of Young Republicans’ chapters across the country, which included hundreds of uses of racial slurs and support for the use of gas chambers, slavery and rape, Michigan Democrats have called on the state’s Republican Party leadership to denounce the chat.
Aug
2025
18
Opinion: The America my parents believed in is disappearing
Michigan State Rep. Mai Xiong reflects on the fear Trump's immigration policies are causing for Michigan families.
Aug
2025
14
Activists, officials call for closure of Ottawa County coal plant as utility looks to recover costs
“We are standing here today to stand up to the Trump Administration to tell them, ‘Get this coal plant shut down.'” That was the message that lawmakers, health professionals and other officials said at a press conference near the J.H. Campbell coal plant in Ottawa County.
Aug
2025
7
MAGA Michigan sheriff faces new criticism for politicking with official resources
Emails show that Livingston County Sheriff Mike Murphy, who’s also running for the Michigan Senate, held a political fundraiser for US Senate candidate Mike Rogers last month and coordinated the event using taxpayer-funded resources to do it.
Jul
2025
30
Michigan disability advocates slam cuts to SNAP and Medicaid as attacks on autonomy
A group of disability self-advocates took Congress to task over cuts to Medicaid and SNAP benefits included in the Republican tax and spending law.
Jul
2025
22
7 Michigan Republicans vote to help Trump gut health care for 200,000 Michiganders
Michiganders are bracing for consequences after President Donald Trump signed Republican-led legislation to cut federal funding for Medicaid.
Jul
2025
22
Trump’s budget law will hurt thousands in Michigan—and these Republicans voted for it
From slashing health care and food assistance to cutting clean energy jobs, Trump’s budget will devastate Michigan—and seven GOP lawmakers helped make it law.
Jul
2025
18
Report: Trump’s plan to offload national parks would cost Michigan millions
From massive repair bills to lost tourism revenue, Michigan would be stuck paying the price if Republicans move forward with their plans to dump national parks onto the states.
