Editor's note: From age 10 to 26, Whittney WILLIAMS, a Taiwanese immigrant, lived in the United States as an "undocumented alien." As of today, she is a GOP candidate in Michigan's 11th Congressional District. So, the question arises: Will Williams' personal history be a political liability, a political asset or ultimately make little or no differe...

Editor's Note: Nobody wants to face a government shutdown scenario – not Gov. Gretchen WHITMER, not the GOP legislative leaders. The Governor wants the legislature to tackle both the state budget and road funding ASAP. The legislature wants to focus on getting the budget finished by Oct. 1 and work out the road funding dilemma afterwards. That means there’s the poten...

Supporters who helped Bernie Sanders win Michigan's Democratic presidential primary in 2016 have reactivated operations and quickly established what they call an unrivaled early ground game in the state. But as Sanders returns to Detroit this month for the second set of Democratic debates, some of his most ardent fans fear the unusually large field of candidates — a...

Believe it or not, more than half of 2019 is already in the history books. What’s more, the past six months have been anything but ho-hum. The agreement to revamp Michigan’s no-fault auto insurance system was a major development that few would have bet on happening beforehand. So, crossing that off the list of entrants, what “other” unexpected occurrence stands out as th...

For Donald Trump in Michigan, there’s good news and bad news, according to a recent poll conducted by Vanguard Public Affairs and Denno Research.