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Yesterday I mentioned a candidate for Congress who was frustrated that he had to spend so much time attempting to raise the money needed to run a…
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Attorney General Bill Schuette filed a challenge with the state court of appeals this week over the issue of public money for private schools. Schuette…
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Anyone who thinks they know how Michigan’s fall elections will turn out is a fool, but this much seems fairly certain: The race for the 11th Congressional…
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Back in the old days, when a politician got caught doing something questionable, we said “this doesn’t look good.” Today, they say “the optics are…
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The four Republicans running for governor held their first debate this week. It was the first time Attorney General Bill Schuette, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley,…
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Two years ago, southeast Michigan voted down what I think may have been the region’s best chance at a sensible and affordable regional transit service.Had…
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Twenty-six years ago, Michigan voters faced a ballot proposal to amend the state constitution to impose strict term limits on all federal and state…
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Voters went to the polls yesterday in several cities across the state, including Jackson, Kalamazoo and Kalkaska.Michigan Radio’s senior news analyst Jack…
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You’ve probably never heard of Melissa Chapman, who has spent the majority of her life in Michigan prisons. When she was 18, her violent and abusive…
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Mark Krinock, a neurosurgeon from Kalamazoo, asked me something via email yesterday that I’ve heard people asking for many years. “I am curious how the…