State News

For the first time, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has pardoned a turkey in advance of Thanksgiving. Yesterday, she issued the stay of execution to a 16-week-old tom from the Mitten Misfits Farm Sanctuary in Grand Ledge, a nonprofit rescue farm run by Bob and Victoria Worthy. Whitmer also christened the …

Eight of the 10 candidates for the Republican gubernatorial nomination met for a debate in Oakland County last night. Frontrunner James Craig was not among them. He withdrew, citing a previous commitment. Donna Brandenburg was the other missing candidate.  The event remained relatively low key, with most of the criticism …

Michigan voters will have a chance to relax the state’s strict legislative term limits in the November election. In a surprise move yesterday, both the state House and Senate passed resolutions that will allow the proposal to be placed on the ballot without the need for supporters to turn in …

Michigan authorities will conduct a statewide tornado drill this afternoon. If all goes as planned, at 1:00 radio stations will air Emergency Alert System tones and messages. Community warning sirens will sound, and messages will be delivered to enabled cell phones. It’s just a test – part of Michigan’s Severe …

All Michigan families who are eligible for food assistance benefits will receive additional money again this month to help deal with the escalating cost of groceries. Payments of at least $95 per family will be made as separate deposits into recipients’ Bridge Card accounts. The additional assistance will help approximately …

Michigan’s road tax on gasoline sales will stay in place, at least for now. Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Friday promised to veto a bill passed by the Republican-controlled legislature that was designed to suspend the 27-cent-per-gallon levy for six months. However, the bill did not earn enough support in the …

The Michigan House joined the State Senate in acting on the Unlock Michigan initiative Wednesday. The legislature has the ability to take up any issue set to go before voters through the petition process, and it does not require the governor’s signature. The approval formally rescinds the 1945 Emergency Powers …

At a Thursday morning press conference, Governor Gretchen Whitmer offered several carrots to try and entice Michiganders to get vaccinated. For every threshold met, restrictions will be relaxed. If 55% of eligible adults get their first shot, two weeks later the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will lift the …

Michigan Court of Claims Judge Christopher Murray rendered a decision that will not fully appease either side in the state’s most prominent lawsuit regarding the 2020 general election. Allegan County Clerk Robert Genetski and the Michigan GOP were seeking a full forensic audit of all absentee ballots to see if …

Ty Garbin pled guilty in Wednesday to charges of planning to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. He is the first to do so, among six men charged in the case. Garbin entered the plea in US federal court for the Western District of Michigan in Grand Rapids. It was accepted …