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Two organizations with ties to Consumers Energy have spent nearly $290,000 on advertising targeting Rep. Steve Carra (R-Three Rivers) in the Republican primary for Michigan’s 36th House District.

Officers with at least three federal law enforcement agencies and the Michigan State Police executed search warrants Thursday in Muskegon County as part of an active financial and drug investigation.

Republican gubernatorial candidate John James has made at least two requests for public funding worth a combined $387,000, according to Bureau of Elections filings released this week.

The Citizens Research Council of Michigan said the signed Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget is between $600 million to $900 million short of actual state funding, but the state says there are lapses that will return the shortfall this year to make it balance.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 General Fund budget in her office Tuesday afternoon without ceremony. Her press release didn’t put a price on it, even as it faces scrutiny from reporters and researchers.

With two weeks left before the Aug. 4 primary, nearly 40% of expected voters have already filled out a ballot, including some still in the mail or received but not processed yet by local clerks, projected Mark Grebner of Practical Political Data Tuesday afternoon.

Michigan's contentious U.S. Senate primary is, as of today, the second-most expensive Democratic senatorial race in U.S. history and is now $6 million away from being No. 1 with two weeks to go before the Aug. 4 primary, according to research conducted by AdImpact.

Over three years, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation's Travel Michigan has spent $500,000 on 54 social media influencers, according to a Detroit News article, but marketing experts say this is the new normal.

The Secretary of State is showing that nine people filed petitions to get on the ballot to run as independents before the 4 p.m. deadline Thursday, including some established political names.

After a nearly eight-year tenure, JoAnne Huls will exit her role as the Governor's only Chief of Staff on July 31.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike COX is suing Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who also is running for governor, seeking the release of public records about her involvement with the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Former State Rep. Sara Cambensy turned in 2,349 signatures to the Richard H. Austin building Thursday in Lansing to be able to appear on the Nov. 3 ballot as an independent in the Michigan 38th Senate District.

The Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) approved permits for Canadian-based Enbridge to start drilling a tunnel to house the Line 5 oil pipeline.

Abdul El-Sayed raised nearly $4.6 million in the second quarter of the year, which sneaks up on the combined $4.8 million raised between U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) and now-suspended candidate State Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak), and the nearly $4 million between the three Mike Rogers accounts.

Michigan State Police (MSP) has an open perjury investigation into Col. James F. Grady II and his second-in-command, MIRS has learned.

Folks could take their cocktail and beer orders to go outside of airport restaurants, carrying their drinks throughout the terminal and outside their gate, similar to social districts, under a bill that flew out of committee last month.

The former Michigan Conservative Union president, running for term-limited Sen. Rick Outman (R-Six Lakes)'s seat, claims a state police secretary tried to intimidate homeowners into removing his campaign signs.

A Progress Michigan survey found 65 percent of Michiganders strongly support putting a ban on health insurers using artificial intelligence (AI) to deny insurance claims.

Opponents of the campaign finance ballot initiative backed by Michiganders for Money Out of Politics (MMOP) claim its petitions include forged signatures, duplicate signatures and even the names of people who were already dead when they supposedly signed.

If you have a teenager, and you're headed Up North this weekend, here's a topic for the in-car ride going up.