Bernie Sanders calls El-Sayed win the most ‘extraordinary victory in modern American politics’ • Michigan Advance

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has been talking about a progressive political revolution for more than 10 years. On Wednesday, Sanders told reporters on a post-Aug. 4 election press call that hi...

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Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary too close to call • Michigan Advance

As of 1 a.m. Wednesday, Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary is currently too close to call, with former Wayne County health official Abdul El-Sayed and U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) cur...

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State of the Race: Democrats line up behind Benson, Republicans face off in brutal two-way primary • Michigan Advance

The race to replace term-limited Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as Michigan’s next governor has heated up on the Republican side, but stayed cool for the Democrats.

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Michigan Supreme Court tosses state regulator’s approval of Line 5 tunnel project • Michigan Advance

The Michigan Public Service Commission must revisit its order approving the Enbridge Energy Line 5 tunnel project because it did not properly examine environmental harms that might arise from extendin...

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Stevens dismisses PAC focus as ‘campaign finance zoomies’ • Michigan Advance

As U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) makes her closing arguments to August primary voters across the state, the congresswoman, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate, met wi...

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Michigan House Oversight Committee backs off of issuing subpoenas over Benson SPLC connections • Michigan Advance

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, the Democratic frontrunner in the Aug. 4 gubernatorial primary, and her connections to the Southern Poverty Law Center are being scrutinized by Republicans ...

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State of the Race: Democratic U.S. Senate race pits old guard, vanguard in battle for party’s soul • Michigan Advance

In August, Michigan Democrats will once again be asked to vote in a bellwether statewide election that could also determine the future electoral prospects of the national party.

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Transparency becomes biggest issue in final Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate debate • Michigan Advance

A house in Dubai, hundreds of thousands of dollars in uncategorized income, tens of millions in outside spending, celebrity podcasting and campaign donations from DTE Energy Co. dominated the final Mi...

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Trump boosts Rogers, James and other Michigan Republicans at Milford rally • Michigan Advance

MILFORD — Michigan Republicans who have been endorsed by President Donald Trump were given a pre-primary pep talk by the big man himself, as Trump descended on Michigan Monday to talk manufacturing an...

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State canvassers finds Michigan’s ‘Money out of Politics’ effort has sufficient valid signatures • Michigan Advance

Valid signatures for the Michiganders for Money Out Of Politics ballot petition were determined to be sufficient on Friday after a close call by the Board of State Canvassers. However, the board must ...

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Stevens campaign parts ways with consultant after Palantir work comes to light • Michigan Advance

A campaign consultant advising U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) in her bid for the U.S. Senate was recently let go from the campaign due to her side work consulting for Big Tech and surveillance...

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Michigan Supreme Court justices tour founding, civil rights exhibits at The Henry Ford • Michigan Advance

History informs the judicial branch’s understanding of the law, so it was a special treat Monday for three Michigan Supreme Court justices to get a private guided tour of The Henry Ford, visiting the ...

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Elizabeth Warren backs Abdul El-Sayed after initially supporting Mallory McMorrow • Michigan Advance

Those watching Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary race have been asking where former supporters of Mallory McMorrow might land after she dropped out of the contest in early July. On Monday, U.S...

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AOC addresses apparent Will Lawrence snub at Lansing rally for Abdul El-Sayed • Michigan Advance

An odd moment at a weekend rally featuring Bernie Sanders stumping for Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed left some scratching their heads: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, w...

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Wife of former Michigan House speaker sentenced for embezzling from campaign fund he controlled • Michigan Advance

Stephanie Chatfield, the wife of former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield, was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty last month to embezzling from the Peninsula Fund, a nonprofit campaign fund con...

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Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez make electability case for El-Sayed • Michigan Advance

Questions of electability have loomed large for Abdul El-Sayed as he inches toward the finish line in a tight Democratic race for the U.S. Senate — both as a progressive candidate against a more estab...

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Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez make electability case for El-Sayed • Michigan Advance

Questions of electability have loomed large for Abdul El-Sayed as he inches toward the finish line in a tight Democratic race for the U.S. Senate — both as a progressive candidate against a more estab...

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Michigan’s ‘money out of politics’ group confident in signature validity as it faces new challenge • Michigan Advance

Michigan’s Board of State Canvassers plan to take up the Michiganders for Money Out Of Politics petition next week, assessing both the sufficiency of its signatures collected over the last year, as we...

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‘Stabbed in the back’: Unions, House Democrats call Whitmer’s veto of 9 bills a betrayal • Michigan Advance

There were 15 new voicemails and 25 unread text messages on Michigan AFL-CIO President Ron Bieber’s cell phone when he reemerged from an hours-long kayaking trip on the afternoon of Friday, June 10. B...

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State appeals court revives sexual abuse lawsuit against Grand Rapids church • Michigan Advance

The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a childhood sexual abuse lawsuit against Grace Christian Reformed Church of Grand Rapids can proceed in Kent County Circuit Court.

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National free speech group joins criticism over relocated books at Hartland library • Michigan Advance

PEN America, a national organization focused on celebrating and defending creative expression, is joining the ACLU of Michigan in speaking out against the Hartland Cromaine District Library Board’s de...

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Elissa Slotkin endorses Matt Maasdam in Democratic primary for her former House seat • Michigan Advance

U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) is putting her political capital behind Matt Maasdam as he seeks the Democratic Party nomination for the 7th Congressional District in the Aug. 4 primary.

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