Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers has a message for Michiganders struggling with higher prices: Just relax.

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Corporate lobbyists and politically connected developers want us to believe the next great economic miracle for Michigan is the construction of massive AI data centers — sprawling industrial campuses that consume enormous amounts of electricity and water while producing surprisingly little long-term value for the communities forced to host them.

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The United Auto Workers endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s closely watched U.S. Senate race Friday, giving the progressive former Wayne County health director one of the most coveted labor endorsements in the state less than two months before the Democratic primary.

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As Michigan’s two largest utilities seek nearly $1 billion in electric rate hikes, a climate advocacy group is calling attention to campaign donations from the utility industry to two Republican congressmen who supported President Trump’s sweeping tax and spending law.

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A pro-Mike Rogers political operative tried to celebrate the Republican U.S. Senate candidate’s birthday with an AI-doctored image that made him look like a juiced-up macho fantasy. 

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Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has won the endorsement of the Michigan-Ontario Council of Bishops, adding another influential faith group to her campaign for governor as she works to consolidate support among Black voters.

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Pride Month is here, and Mike Rogers probably shouldn’t expect a float.

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Mike Duggan’s independent campaign for governor began as a bold experiment in post-partisan politics and ended Thursday with a thud.

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The Michigan Republican is defending a swing district that Democrats have heavily targeted in 2026.

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Former NFL player J Douglas Hollie is running for mayor of Highland Park with an ambitious plan to revive the struggling city where he grew up. 

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A mysterious political group using a media-buying firm tied to pro-Israel spending is pouring more than $5.3 million into ads boosting U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, raising fresh questions about whether Zionist donors are trying to shape the race from the shadows.

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Left-wing candidate Abdul El-Sayed is now leading Michigan’s Democratic Party primary for U.S. Senate, according to a new poll.  It finds El-Sayed has emerged as the race’s clear frontrunner with 28% support, ahead of U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens at 18% and state Sen. Mallory McMorrow at 17%. El-Sayed, a former Detroit and Wayne County health […]

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U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens is facing backlash in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race after one of the country’s most powerful and controversial pro-Israel lobbying groups promoted her alongside Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine in a fundraising appeal that urged donors to support both candidates.

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State Sen. Mallory McMorrow has built her U.S. Senate campaign around a simple argument that speeches aren’t enough.

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The Democratic Party establishment’s attempt to cancel Abdul El-Sayed appears to have fallen flat.  More than 1,360 people packed Detroit’s Mumford High School on Sunday to hear the Michigan U.S. Senate candidate speak alongside U.S. House candidate Donavan McKinney. The event was helmed by Vermont’s Sen. Bernie Sanders, who endorsed both candidates, and billed as […]

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Detroit City Councilwoman Mary Waters is making another run for Congress, setting up a rematch with U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar in a Democratic primary that has put a spotlight on Israel’s war with Gaza.

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A new poll of likely Democratic primary voters in Michigan shows the race for U.S. Senate remains wide open, with Abdul El-Sayed, Haley Stevens, and Mallory McMorrow effectively tied and a large share of voters still undecided.

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U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers’s newly announced student outreach team includes a member who complained about women in politics and another who defended a leaked Young Republicans group chat filled with praise for Hitler, gas chamber jokes, racial slurs, and rape comments.

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State Sen. Mallory McMorrow says voters don’t trust politicians who “talk out of both sides of your mouth.”

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