Rep. Dylan Wegela (D-Garden City) Thursday announced the introduction of a two-bill package prohibiting regulated electric or natural gas utilities and their affiliated political action committees (PACs) from making donations to dark money vehicles like 501(c)4s or 527s.

Generative artificial intelligence chatbot programs have started revolutionizing how data could impact elections by helping determine how people vote. But one political analyst said, while currently helpful, the technology is still young and far from perfect.

Practical Political Data's Mark Grebner said he has used ChatGPT 4.0 to find several crucial pieces of data based on the absentee ballots being turned in prior to the Feb. 27 Presidential Primary.

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.