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FILLING THE VOID
Michael “Mickey” Switalski With Democratic Rep. Andy Levin likely on the shortlist for Labor Secretary, the question is who would fill...


SEEKING SPOTLIGHT
Matt Maddock Oakland County state Rep. Matt Maddock, owner of a bail bonds company and one-time occasional fugitive hunter, has...


RECOGNITION JUGGERNAUT
The buzz about Michigan State Represenative Mari Manoogian (D-Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Township) seems to have taken on a li


CRINGEWORTHY, INDEED
We understand the game of writing endorsements better than most but even we could feel the personal pain when the Detroit Free Press...


LEARN TO PLAY NICE
You know you’re not winning a popularity contest when the leadership of your own political party disavows you. That’s what has happened with


NO IDLE THREAT
As we all learned when the FBI and Michigan State Police arrested several members of the Wolverine Watchmen, an armed militia group who had


DRINKING THE KOOL-AID
We’ll just say it. Republican Eric Esshaki of Birmingham, who was running in the general election to replace Democratic Congresswoman Haley


BAG OF BUCKS
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, elected in 2018 on the slogan of “fix the damn roads,” had her whole agenda waylaid in 2020 by COVID-19 pandemic....
ZIP CODE DOLLARS
Here’s a snapshot, one week out from the November 3 balloting, on how local donations flowed to the Trump-Biden contest, broken down by...
BAD TO WORSE
We don’t know what Michigan GOP Chairwoman Laura Cox has to say on this, but we imagine she may not approve. Republican activist Brandon Hal


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