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Analysis: Michigan turnout favored Biden; Legislature results mean same balance of power in Lansing
A lot of the dust has settled from Election Day in Michigan, but not all of it. Michigan Radio's resident political expert Zoe Clark joined Morning Edition → Read More
MI Supreme Court to decide on redistricting ballot question
The Michigan Supreme Court is about to have a political hot mess dumped on its lap. The court will decide whether voters will vote on an overhaul of how → Read More
Marijuana legalization becomes issue in Democratic race for attorney general
The legalization of marijuana in Michigan is emerging as an issue in the race for the state's next attorney general. Attorney General candidate Patrick → Read More
Michigan roads are bad. That doesn't mean they're going to get fixed
Why are Michigan roads so bad? Because we don’t put enough money into fixing them. Why is that? Because lawmakers don’t fear underfunding the state’s roads → Read More
Snyder ignites controversy with anti-LGBT appointment to civil rights board
Did Governor Rick Snyder intend to name an anti-gay activist to the state civil rights commission? Or is this one that just slipped past him? Democrats and → Read More
Progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed has confusing defense of voting record
Abdul El-Sayed’s did not have a good week. And it’s not looking like it’s going to get better any time soon. El-Sayed has captured the imagination of → Read More
Lawmakers in Lansing back to referendum-proofing controversial bills
Michigan’s Legislature does not like voters checking its work. Case in point: lawmakers are back to referendum-proofing controversial legislation. → Read More
Michigan lawmakers find it hard to save money
It’s always hard to save money. We know that’s true for many people, and it’s true for Lansing, as well. And, politics makes it even harder. A recent → Read More
Lawmakers in Lansing try to figure out an economic theory they can stick to
Governor Rick Snyder’s election seven years ago was supposed to represent the political triumph of “economic gardening,” the idea that government doesn’t → Read More
The disappearing independent voter
Are you persuadable? A persuadable voter, that is. The research says, probably not. There’s new research by political scientists at Berkeley and Stanford → Read More
Republicans and Democrats find something to agree on in Lansing
It’s not always gridlock and stalemate in Lansing. The left and right seem to have come together to solve a lingering controversy. But, can it last? A plan → Read More
Does Trump help or hurt Michigan Republicans?
Michigan Republicans have packed their bags - and their hangovers - and returned home after a weekend of politics and partying on Mackinac Island. There → Read More
S(c)huette and Trump
Apparently, President Donald Trump and Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette agree: Spelling counts in their “winning” strategy. Schuette announced this → Read More
Republican lawmakers could deliver rare rebuke to Gov. Snyder
It’s been 15 years since Michigan lawmakers reversed a Governor’s veto but it could happen again this week when the Legislature returns to Lansing from its → Read More
Groups trying to ban fracking, legalize marijuana, and shut down Line 5 all face the same challenge
The Michigan Supreme Court this week said “not yet” to a group trying to stop fracking in Michigan . The group, The Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan, → Read More
Where things stand in the race for governor in Michigan
After this week, we’re starting to get a clearer picture of what the 2018 governor’s race will look like in Michigan. In just a little more than a year, → Read More
Michigan Democratic Senators dig their heels in over President Trump's judicial nomination
Joan Larsen faces a tangled path to a plum spot on a federal appeals court. The only thing standing in her way is Michigan’s two U.S. Senators. → Read More
A warning about "dark money" in Michigan campaigns
Michigan’s long-time and highly regarded elections director is retiring with a dire warning about “dark money.” “Clearly those who give money, I think, → Read More
Anti-abortion license plate bill still hasn’t been sent to Gov. Snyder for his signature. Why?
It’s been almost two weeks since the Legislature approved a state license plate in order for an anti-abortion group to fundraise off it, but the → Read More
Restoring political civility in Michigan
Everyone’s back to the political games in D.C. and Lansing now that lawmakers are back from the annual Mackinac Island Policy Conference where one of the → Read More