Politics
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Federal funds to spur major semiconductor manufacturing project in Saginaw County
A $325 million federal grant will enable Hemlock Semiconductor to expand operations—and create hundreds of “really good-paying jobs.”
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Whitmer leads governors on ‘Blue Wall Bus Tour’ for Harris-Walz
A bus tour featuring governors from five states made a pitstop in one of Michigan’s biggest college towns this week, where the governors pressed their case for why voters should consider supporting Kamala Harris in this year’s presidential election.
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U-M grad trusts former professor Kimberly Ann Thomas to protect Michiganders’ rights on state Supreme Court
For Loren Lee, Kimberly Ann Thomas isn’t just an old law school professor. She’s a mentor and a friend—and someone who she thinks Michiganders can trust to make thoughtful decisions as a judge on the highest court in the state.
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Slotkin and Rogers battle for Michigan’s 1st open US Senate seat in a decade
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin is running against former US Rep. Mike Rogers for a seat representing Michigan in the US Senate.
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Harris says Detroit is ‘going to help deliver Michigan’
Vice President Kamala Harris began a busy week of events in Michigan with a Tuesday interview with radio personality Charlamagne Tha God in Detroit.
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Kamala Harris proposed a plan to help small business owners. Trump’s plan could send their costs through the roof.
Vice President Kamala Harris intends to support small business owners and entrepreneurs by reducing their expenses and increasing their access to capital. Trump’s tariff proposal, however, could cause small businesses’ costs to rise.
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5 ways Project 2025 would hurt Michigan’s public schools
Project 2025 would lead to sweeping changes for the nation’s public schools. Michigan is no exception.
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Concerns over school quality and funding dominate Michigan Board of Education election
Two seats are up for grabs in November on the Michigan Board of Education, which provides leadership and supervision over education in the state.
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About one-third of requested absentee ballots in Michigan have already been submitted
With three weeks until the Nov. 5 election, almost a third of the more than 2.1 million registered voters in Michigan who have requested an absentee ballot have already turned it in.
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Your F-150 or Camry could cost tens of thousands of dollars more under Trump’s tariff plan
Trump’s proposed tariff of between 100% and 2,000% on foreign-made cars entering the US would raise prices on both domestic and imported cars and “likely send thousands of US workers to the unemployment line,” according to Howard Gleckman, a senior fellow in the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center at the Urban Institute.
