Hope O’Dell

Michigan’s clerks are facing an election year like no other. Many are still denying the results of the 2020 election, and that’s bleeding into the midterms.

As dorm dwellers across Michigan start their fall semesters, should they worry about monkeypox? Public university administrators are grappling with the same question.

Over the last few years, a hyper-partisan political climate led by Republican lawmakers in Lansing has helped to transform even common-sense proposals into a tightrope walk down a political minefield.

In Part 4 of the Legislative Loophole series, we look at possible solutions to the problem. 

In Part 3 of the Legislative Loophole series, we investigate Let MI Kids Learn’s proposal. It takes from public tax dollars and public education, and gives Michigan’s wealthy residents 100% matching tax breaks for donations.

In Part 2, we put the indirect initiative loophole under the microscope to highlight three levels of deception that can be used to exploit the process.

Abortion rights will be on the ballot this November, in the form of a proposed constitutional amendment. Opponents of abortion access have started spreading the idea that the amendment is too vague and doesn’t allow the  state to regulate abortions, and those groups will likely spend the next 12 weeks amplifying their claims. 

Over the last few years, a hyper-partisan political climate led by Republican lawmakers in Lansing has helped to transform even common-sense proposals into a tightrope walk down a political minefield.

Michigan’s automotive industry may get a big boost after the US House voted on Thursday to pass the Chips and Science Act.

MICHIGAN—Abortion access has become a top election issue for many Michigan voters following the US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Candidates for governor and attorney general on both sides of the aisle have voiced strong feelings on the issue while a key court battle continues. A ballot initiative headed to the polls…