2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (569+ words) Some education advocates in Michigan urged Governor Gretchen Whitmer Thursday to decline participation in a new federal tax credit for making donations to scholarship programs. Starting next year, people can qualify for a new tax credit, up to $1,700, if they…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (296+ words) Democrats and Republicans are hurling allegations of incompetence and questionable decisions at each other’s candidate for Michigan governor. Congressman John James and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson are locked in a tight race to succeed outgoing Governor Gretchen Whitmer in…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (444+ words) Some liberal Jewish faith leaders have called for Michigan Democrats and the party’s U.S. Senate nominee to do more to be a welcoming community for Jews who have felt alarmed by recent rhetoric. Nonnegotiable Michigan says it wants Abdul El-Sayed…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (602+ words) In 2024, Michigan saw a record increase in the number of young voters showing up to the polls. So what are young voters in the state focused on this year? And what do they want from the people asking for their…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (306+ words) There is a huge decision facing Michigan voters in an already huge 2026 election: whether to vote to convene a Constitutional Convention (also known as a “Con-Con”) to rewrite the state’s entire Constitution. The question automatically appears on the Michigan ballot…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (612+ words) Governor Gretchen Whitmer and state Senator Sean McCann (D-Kalamazoo) passed out school lunches in Kalamazoo Tuesday. The press event featured Kalamazoo Public Schools and state education officials. They highlighted what the officials saw as state education policy wins. In recent…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (929+ words) Despite decades of work to increase turnout among young voters, the U.S. Census reports less than half of people 18 to 24 years old voted in 2024. Midterm elections have been even worse, hovering between a low of 16% voter turnout in the 2014 midterms to…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (584+ words) Candidates on the ballot in November’s general election marched with union members at Detroit’s Labor Day parade on Monday. A day before, the an armed man charged toward the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor at a campaign event at a…...

1+ week, 21+ min ago   (358+ words) MAGDEBURG, Germany — The Alternative for Germany party has a strong lead in a regional election, but it is unclear whether it will be able to form the country's first far-right state government since World War II, exit polls indicated Sunday....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1259+ words) Statewide mail voting for this year’s midterm elections kicked off Friday amid a churning legal battle over President Donald Trump’s attempts to limit the practice and mounting concern over Postal Service changes that some state officials blame for a rise…...