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Michigan reports 18,375 new COVID cases, while hospitalizations dip in the last week
Michigan reports 18,375 new COVID-19 cases, according to a weekly report from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services released Tuesday. The department reports a total of 2,804,588 Michiganders have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, an increase of 18,375 cases compared to the previous week’s increase of 15,854 cases. […]
Nessel files bypass application for Michigan Supreme Court to hear insulin case
Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a motion this week asking the Michigan Supreme Court to take up her challenge of past decisions by the court that her office says have limited enforcement of the Michigan Consumer Protection Act. The Democrat filed the bypass application on Tuesday because she says the Michigan Supreme Court’s former rulings […]
Michigan reports uptick in COVID hospitalizations, ICU patients in the last week
Michigan reports 15,854 new COVID-19 cases, according to a weekly report from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services released Tuesday. The department reports a total of 2,786,213 Michiganders have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, an additional 15,854 cases compared to the previous week’s increase of 19,158 cases. In […]
Bernstein says Michigan Supreme Court will decide abortion, 2024 election
Updated, 5:03 p.m., 8/22/22 with Michigan GOP comments Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein highlighted the importance of elections to the court he serves on Sunday, making the case that it will have the final say on abortion rights in Michigan and, potentially, on how the 2024 election is conducted. Bernstein’s remarks were made during […]
Jocelyn Benson wrote the book on secretaries of state. She never saw this moment coming.
During her 2018 campaign for secretary of state, it was frequently pointed out in stump speeches that Democrat Jocelyn Benson “literally wrote the book about being a secretary of state.” Benson’s book, “State Secretaries of State: Guardians of the Democratic Process,” was published in 2010 and elevated her as one of the foremost experts on […]
Stevens drubs Levin in the 11th Congressional Dem primary
In Michigan’s 11th Congressional District Democratic primary, U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Waterford Twp.) prevailed Tuesday over fellow Rep. Andy Levin of Bloomfield Township after both incumbents decided to run in the same Oakland County-based district. The newly drawn 11th District sits in Democratic territory and includes parts of Pontiac, West Bloomfield, Farmington Hills and Troy. […]
Abortion takes center stage as ‘the Squad’ rallies for Tlaib in Detroit
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) called in support from the other three members of the self-described “Squad” on Sunday with less than 10 days left until Michigan’s Aug. 2 primary. Fellow progressive Democrats U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) on Sunday joined Tlaib at Detroit’s Cass Technical High School […]
With focus on climate and abortion, Elizabeth Warren stumps for Andy Levin
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) kicked off the final nine-day stretch until the Democratic primary in Michigan’s new 11th Congressional District, rallying on Sunday for U.S. Rep. Andy Levin (D-Bloomfield Twp.) in his race against fellow incumbent Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Rochester Hills). Warren, who previously worked with Levin (D-Bloomfield Twp.) on the Build Green Act, […]
‘A dark day’: Hundreds protest in Lansing after SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer began her speech at a Lansing rally responding to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade by describing her feelings of “angrief” – a combination of anger and grief. But Whitmer urged voters in Michigan to channel those emotions into action by signing a ballot petition that would enshrine reproductive […]
State reports 19,535 new COVID-19 cases over the last week
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) reported Wednesday that a total of 2,547,366 Michiganders have tested positive for COVID-19 and 36,407 have died from the virus — an additional 19,535 cases and 50 deaths in the last week. The new COVID-19 numbers reported by the state Wednesday combine recorded cases and deaths […]
Carone, Rocha and Alexander among candidates disqualified from running in 2022
Mellissa Carone was disqualified on Tuesday from running in a Republican primary for the Michigan Senate by the Michigan Department of State. Carone, who gained national attention as the star witness in Rudy Giuliani’s mock trial on baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election former President Donald Trump lost before the House Oversight […]
Benson calls on Legislature to make threats against election officials a felony
Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson called on lawmakers Tuesday to make it a felony to make threats against election officials and their families. Benson asked the GOP-led Legislature to work with her on specifics of legislation that would make it a felony to attack, harass or dox election workers and their families, including when […]