by Mark Mix Michigan’s Right to Work law defends the simple principle that union bosses should not have the power to get workers fired if they choose not to pay dues to a union they oppose. So what do Michiganders have to gain if state…

by Anna Gustafson, Michigan Advance After weeks of negotiations, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Democratic legislative leaders announced Monday morning that Michigan taxpayers would receive $180 “inflation relief” checks as part of a…

by Alison Donahue With over 65% of the state’s total votes tallied, Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer defeated Republican nominee Tudor Dixon in Tuesday’s election. The Associated Press called the election just after 1 a.m. Wednesday.…

by Monique Stanton As an organization that has been working to improve public policy for more than a century, we certainly have to adapt with the times. From the Great Depression to the Great Recession, the influenza pandemic…

by Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance During a meeting with business owners in Southgate, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer continued to discuss elements of her $74 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget plan. There, business owners…

Can you buy seeds or seedlings? by Riley Beggin It’s hard for Damon Glei, owner of Glei’s Orchards and Greenhouses in Hillsdale, to determine where his 103-year-old business fits into Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s extended stay-at-home…

by Craig Mauger A Look At Where Those Considered Contenders For Governor In 2018 Have Gotten Their Campaign Money Over The Years Former Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat from East Lansing, officially launched her…

The only former Ann Arbor City Council member having a worse time of it politically than Downtown Development Authority Board member Joan Lowenstein (former Ward 2 Council member) is former Ward 3 Council member Leigh Greden. Lowenstein,…

by P.D. Lesko In Ann Arbor it's often tough to decide who's more addled, the politicos or the voters. In August of 2010 Ann Arbor County Commish Barbara Levin Bergman actually spoke in favor of hiring of sexual predators into county jobs.…

By Chris Savage On November 2, 2011, the Michigan Senate passed Senate Bill 137, a bill they called "Matt's Safe Schools Law." The bill, sponsored by Republican Rick Jones of Grand Ledge, passed on a 100 percent party line vote with no…