Blog categorized as State Politics

The embattled Kalamazoo County Republican Party is being ordered to redo its convention this Wednesday with the Michigan Republican Party (MRP) overseeing the affair after the latest flare up between two warring factions.

Michigan lobbyists will need to change how they operate when offering tickets or accommodations at a policy conference to legislators after a pair of Secretary of State interpretative rulings became official.

Abortion, inflation, border security and Social Security are shaping up to be defining campaign issues in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race between former Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers and Democratic U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly), now that their nominations are official.

Outside of Parker Fairbairn and Jason Woolford, who won their Republican primaries Tuesday night by defeating incumbents, five other candidates are likely going to be sworn into the House come next January due to winning in a primary without a competitive General Election.

While some states are limiting "geofencing" technology, or the use of global positioning system (GPS) and radio frequency identification (RFID) to create virtual geographic boundaries, others have begun implementing the technology to further protect and secure their capitol buildings.