Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is calling for sweeping public control over artificial intelligence companies, arguing that the rapidly growing technology should be governed by the people it will affect.

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Standing outside that detention facility, I couldn’t help but think about how easily their stories could have been my family’s story.

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Republican congressional candidate Michael Bouchard once worked for a Lansing lobbying firm run by a longtime political ally and former staffer for his father, Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard, records reviewed by Metro Times show.

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Mike Rogers has found a new position on the Gordie Howe International Bridge. All of them.

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Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers is trying to bolster his blue-collar image as he runs for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat, casting himself as a former autoworker who understands the state’s factory jobs.

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Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has won the endorsement of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Michigan, adding another major labor union to her campaign for governor as she works to consolidate support among working-class voters and organized labor.

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Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers has spent years warning about national security threats, cyberattacks, and the need for tougher oversight of emerging technology.

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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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