Federal judge dismisses Fouts’ lawsuit against the Warren City Council
September 8th, 20230 WARREN – A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit by Warren Mayor Jim Fouts against the City Council. Fouts' lawsuit may have been his last chance at getting a fifth term leading the city. Federal Judge George Steeh dismissed Fouts' lawsuit, which claimed his civil rights were violated because his name was not listed on the August...
Jocelyn Benson looking “closely” at 2026 run for Michigan governor
September 8th, 20230 LANSING – In 2026, voters will pick a new governor. Among those considering a run is Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. She told FOX 2 in an interview after Gov. Whitmer's speech last week that she was looking closely at a run. "A lot of people have talked to me about it," she said. "I go to many events and people come up to me and...
Wayne County Circuit Court rejects an appeal to a petition to recall Mayor Bill Bazzi
September 8th, 20230 DETROIT, DEARBORN HEIGHTS – Almost six weeks after the Wayne County Election Commission unanimously rejected a petition seeking to recall Dearborn Heights Mayor Bill Bazzi, the Wayne County Circuit Court rejected an appeal to the recall petition, which was rejected by the three members of the commission on July 25, last...
Dearborn Heights: Sudden resignation of Councilman Ray Muscat raises questions for the general election and beyond
August 18th, 20230 DEARBORN HEIGHTS – On Wednesday, a few days after coming in third place in the Aug. 8 primary election and advancing to the November general election, Dearborn Heights City Council Vice Chair Ray Muscat announced his resignation, citing "health reasons." Muscat's resignation opens the door to a number of questions related to the...
Westland mayoral primary: Londeau to face Coleman in November general elections
August 12th, 20231 WESTLAND — It's down to state Rep. Kevin Coleman and interim Mayor Mike Londeau in the race for Westland mayor. Coleman, a Democratic member of the State House, and Londeau, a former council member appointed interim mayor in January, drew the most votes during the primary election on Aug. 8 and will advance to the November general...
Hamtramck primary: Five Muslims and pro LGBTQ candidate advance to the November elections, big NO to school millage renewal
August 12th, 20230 HAMTRAMCK – Voters in the Aug. 8 primary election rejected the school millage renewal and elected six City Council candidates, including five Muslims and an LGBTQ supporter, to advance to the November elections and compete for the three open seats. Lynn Blasey, who favors the flying of LGBTQ+ flags on government property, came in...
Dearborn Heights primary: Four Arab Americans out of six candidates advance to the general election in November
August 12th, 20230 DEARBORN HEIGHTS – In the Dearborn Heights City Council primary elections held on Tuesday, four Arab Americans out of six candidates qualified for the general elections on November 7. The six candidates will compete for the three open seats in November. The City Council will at least have one new member, due to the decision of Council...
Trump ally charged in Michigan over voting machine tampering
August 7th, 20230 LANSING — A Michigan attorney involved in multiple efforts around the country to overturn the 2020 election in support of former President Trump has been charged in connection with accessing and tampering with voting machines in Michigan, prosecutors announced Thursday. The charges against Stefanie Lambert come days after Matthew...
Nine candidates vying for three seats in the Dearborn Heights Council primary race
August 4th, 20230 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Voters are gearing up for the City Council primary on Tuesday, August 8, in which seven of the nine candidates are Arab Americans. The top six vote-getters will compete for the three seats in the November election. The Dearborn Heights City Council race will be the only item on the ballot this election. At least...
Hamtramck primary: Nine candidates are vying for three City Council seats, renewal of school millage
August 4th, 20231 HAMTRAMCK – On Tuesday, August 8, voters in Hamtramck will go to the polls to elect six out of the nine candidates who are vying for three seats on the City Council. Those six candidates will face off in November to fill the three seats, which are for four-year terms. In addition, Hamtramck voters will also have to decide on a public...
Curtis Hertel Jr. to face Republican Tom Barrett for Michigan’s Seventh Congressional District seat
July 14th, 20230 LANSING — On Monday, Former Democratic State Sen. Curtis Hertel Jr. announced he is launching a campaign for Michigan’s Seventh Congressional District, one of the nation’s most competitive House districts. Hertel and another ex-state senator, Republican Tom Barrett, who launched his second run for the seat Sunday night, are the...
Actor Hill Harper enters the race for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat
July 14th, 20230 Actor Hill Harper has officially entered the race to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), as the highest profile candidate challenging U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin for the Democratic nomination in 2024. Harper comes as progressive candidate with a lot of descriptors. The Iowa-born 57-year-old is a union television actor, a...
AG Nessel charges three in signature collection fraud involving governor’s election
June 25th, 20230 LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed charges Thursday against three people accused of submitting thousands of forged nominating signatures that ended the candidacies of five Republican gubernatorial candidates last year. Willie Reed, 37; Shawn Wilmoth, 36 and Jamie Lynn Wilmoth-Goodin, 36, were each charged with...
Dearborn Charter Commission rejects a proposal to adopt a district system in City Council elections
June 9th, 20230 DEARBORN — On Wednesday, the Dearborn Charter Commission rejected a proposal to change the current election rules of the City Council members from seven members at large representing the entire city and switch to a wards system with nine districts, in order to ensure fair and equitable representation for all neighborhoods on the City...
Trump faces criminal charges for mishandling documents, obstruction
June 9th, 20230 Former President Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury for retaining classified government documents and obstruction of justice, according to a source familiar with the matter. The criminal case, brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, amounts to another legal setback for Trump as he seeks to regain the U.S. presidency next......
Biden, 80, makes 2024 presidential run official as Trump fight looms
May 1st, 20230 President Biden launched his re-election bid on Tuesday with a promise to protect American liberties from "extremists" linked to former President Trump, whom he beat in 2020 and might face again in 2024. Biden made his announcement in a video released by his new campaign team that opens with imagery from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the...
Nasser Beydoun announces candidacy for U.S. Senate
April 26th, 20230 DETROIT — Dearborn businessman and Civil Rights Advocate Nasser Beydoun has announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate to fill the seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow. Beydoun is the third Democrat to formally file for the race, following U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Lansing and attorney Zack Burns of Ann...
Michigan’s youth voter turnout in the 2022 election was best in the nation
April 21st, 20230 LANSING — Young people in Michigan turned out to vote last November at a higher rate than anywhere else in the country, according to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University. Voters ages 18-29 turned out at a rate of 37 percent in Michigan, higher than any other state...
James Craig weighing bid for U.S. Senate seat in Michigan
April 20th, 20231 DETROIT — Republican and former Detroit Police Chief James Craig is giving a "real critical look" at a potential run for U.S. Senate, he told The Detroit News. The former GOP gubernatorial candidate said he's been encouraged to look at a Senate run by supporters and party members around Michigan. "I’m giving some consideration to......
Biden says he plans on running in 2024
April 14th, 20230 On Monday, President Biden said he plans on running for reelection in 2024, but he’s not yet ready to make an official announcement. Biden spoke with NBC’s Al Roker for a “Today” show segment on the White House Easter egg roll. Roker asked the president if he had plans to host more of the events in the future, a nod to his...
Robert Kennedy Jr. to make 2024 Democratic presidential bid
April 8th, 20230 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a lawyer and vaccine skeptic, will make a bid for the White House in 2024, becoming the second long-shot Democratic candidate to challenge President Biden in his expected run for re-election. Kennedy, 69, the son of assassinated 1968 presidential candidate U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, filed......
Michigan Republicans elect controversial election denier to lead state party
February 24th, 20230 LANSING – On Saturday, the Michigan GOP picked controversial election denier Kristina Karamo to chair the party in the key battleground state heading into the 2024 election. Karamo beat out 10 other candidates to take the chair, besting fellow front runner and former attorney general candidate Matthew DePerno by 16 points in the...
Gov. Whitmer signs legislation changing Michigan’s presidential primary election date
February 4th, 20230 LANSING — On Feb. 1, Governor Whitmer signed Senate Bill 13, sponsored by state Senator Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield), moving the state’s presidential primary from the second Tuesday in March to February 27, 2024, and to the fourth Tuesday in February for each presidential primary election following. “As a diverse, dynamic,......
