GOP ACCOUNTABILITY

Trump’s attacks on clean energy are setting Michigan back.

A review of Federal Election Commission records by The ‘Gander found that Rogers’ campaign accepted a $12,000 contribution on Aug. 7 from John W. Childs—a billionaire GOP megadonor and former private equity executive who was charged in 2019 with soliciting prostitution.

In the wake of a report from POLITICO detailing a chat among leaders of Young Republicans’ chapters across the country, which included hundreds of uses of racial slurs and support for the use of gas chambers, slavery and rape, Michigan Democrats have called on the state’s Republican Party leadership to denounce the chat. 

Michigan State Rep. Mai Xiong reflects on the fear Trump’s immigration policies are causing for Michigan families.

“We are standing here today to stand up to the Trump Administration to tell them, ‘Get this coal plant shut down.’” That was the message that lawmakers, health professionals and other officials said at a press conference near the J.H. Campbell coal plant in Ottawa County.

Emails show that Livingston County Sheriff Mike Murphy, who’s also running for the Michigan Senate, held a political fundraiser for US Senate candidate Mike Rogers last month and coordinated the event using taxpayer-funded resources to do it.

A group of disability self-advocates took Congress to task over cuts to Medicaid and SNAP benefits included in the Republican tax and spending law.

Michiganders are bracing for consequences after President Donald Trump signed Republican-led legislation to cut federal funding for Medicaid.  

From slashing health care and food assistance to cutting clean energy jobs, Trump’s budget will devastate Michigan—and seven GOP lawmakers helped make it law.

From massive repair bills to lost tourism revenue, Michigan would be stuck paying the price if Republicans move forward with their plans to dump national parks onto the states.