MIRS Articles Of Note

For the first time during her six-year tenure, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer made endorsements in two state House special elections, giving her stamp of approval to Macomb County Commissioner Mai Xiong in the 13th District and City Council President Pro Tempore Andrea Rutkowski in the 25th.

The public will get to comment on 10 maps drawn by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) after they were approved the day before the federal court-ordered Feb. 2 deadline.

The two political action committees attached to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer raised more than $3 million to dump into different Democratic races during the 2024 presidential election, and one was giving to the special election held Tuesday.

U.S. Senate candidate and former Detroit Police Chief James Craig raised $60,546 in donations since announcing his campaign compared to his Republican counterparts former U.S. Reps. Mike Rogers and Peter Meijer who raised $1M and $415,362 this period, respectively

Whether former House Speaker Lee Chatfield fathered “at least one of” his sister-in-law’s children is in question, according to a previously unreleased police report MIRS has reviewed roughly two years after the sexual assault investigation into Chatfield began.