A Joker, an astronaut, and group of climbers await you at the movie theaters this weekend. Joker: What some people consider the movie of the year, Joker hit the big screen Friday telling the origin story of Gotham City’s favorite villain. Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), a failed comedian, is…
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Michigan Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI-6) told Michigan Public Radio (MPR) Wednesday that he supports an investigation into President Donald Trump’s actions with Ukraine, but said he doesn’t approve of an impeachment inquiry. Upton says he needs more information to support an impeachment inquiry.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer described her plan for a supplemental budget Wednesday with the hopes of working with Republicans to try and restore certain items cut from the budget.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer defended her decision to almost $1 billion from the $59.9 billion budget and moving around $625 million in the budget to different state departments on Tuesday.
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Movies to watch this weekend include a movie about a world-famous actress, a kid’s movie where two friends embark on a harrowing journey and a Netflix series about a wannabe politician.
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Michigan Rep. Justin Amash (I-MI-03) called the White House’s transcript between President Donald Trump and Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky “highly incriminating” Wednesday.
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Four Michigan Democratic Congressman are open to an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump amid the Ukranian aid controversy.
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Michigan appointed its first-ever elections security specialist for the upcoming 2020 presidential election. The person tasked with upholding the state’s election security is Ashiya Brown who previously worked as an audit and database management expert in the state’s Department of Health and Human Services, according to the Detroit Free Press.
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Vice President Mike Pence gave a speech at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference this weekend that made the case as to why the Great Lakes state should re-elect Trump in 2020. Pence’s appearance marked the first time a Vice President had attended this event in over 60 years.
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United States Secretary of Education Betsy Devos said on Friday Michigan can do more in offering school choice options for students, according to the Detroit Free Press.
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Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar visited the crucial 2020 swing state Of Michigan Thursday as the United Auto Workers (UAW) continue their strike against General Motors (GM).
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued emergency rules Wednesday saying retailers have two weeks to remove vaping products from their shelves avoid running afoul of the law Michigan passed in September banning these items.
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sent a letter to Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey and Speaker of the House Lee Chatfield Tuesday asking them to send a budget proposal before going to the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference this weekend.
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An illegal immigrant MS-13 gang member was arrested in Nashville this week after allegedly kidnapping and beating a student from a local high school who did not want to become a gang member, according to Fox 17.
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Michigan will be home to America’s first credit union designed for the LGBTQ community.
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Michigan will briefly lay off 30,000 government workers if a budget agreement can not be agreed to by October 1, according to the Lansing State Journal.
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Unbelievable: A teen (Kaitlyn Dever) reports that she was raped but later recants her rape confession. However, two female detectives investigate this case as with other similar cases to try to get to the bottom of the situation. This drama limited series based on true events became available Friday…
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Michigan budget talks came to an abrupt halt between Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican leaders after a compromise for the gax tax could not be reached. Eighteen days remain for state legislators to pass a budget to avoid a government shutdown.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and President Donald Trump don’t agree much, but they both agree on this one issue: banning flavored e-cigarettes.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has stalled talks on the proposed 45-cent gas tax in the state’s annual budget as state legislators have till October 1 to reach an agreement to avoid a government shutdown.
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Michigan State Sen. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) introduced a bill that if passed would end private prisons in the Great Lakes State.
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In a theater near you, two sequels and an adventure you’ll want to tell you grandmother about opened Friday.
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Michigan’s American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) branch filed a complaint Thursday against congressional candidate Peter Meijer alleging he discriminated against a group of down syndrome drag performers after he prevented them from performing at his building.
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The U.S. Department of Education handed Michigan State University (MSU) its biggest fine ever after its mishandling of the Larry Nassar case.
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The Superintendent of Detroit’s public schools sent a letter to parents and teachers saying that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will not have access to school grounds, according to The Detroit News.
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The Michigan Republican Party (MRP) has managed 2020 presidential election campaign funding better than Michigan’s Democratic Party (MDP).
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The Right to Life of Michigan Political Action Committee (RLM-PAC) endorsed John James for Senate Wednesday, more than a year before the 2020 election.
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The Michigan House of Representatives voted 98-8 Thursday to pass a resolution encouraging Rep. Larry Inman (R-Traverse City) to resign from his position. If Inman does not resign, he could face further disciplinary action, according to House Resolution 115.
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In 2003, British intelligence specialist Katharine Gun (Keira Knightley) gets a memo from the NSA detailing how Great Britain is helping America gather compromising information of U.N. Security Council members so they will vote in favor of the Iraq War. Trying to avoid seeing a war happen, Gun defies her government and releases the memo to the press.
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Michigan’s Civil Rights Commission voted to fire Agustin Arbulu, the state’s civil rights director, in a five-to-two vote Tuesday after a seven-hour meeting. The commission’s board concluded that keeping Arbulu in his current position would go against its mission statement.
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Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg criticized United States Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in his national campaign ads.
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Michigan State University (MSU) filed a motion Monday in an attempt to dismiss lawsuits from Larry Nassar’s second wave of accusers, arguing it is not responsible for his actions no matter how awful they were.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden committed yet another gaffe on the campaign trail Saturday afternoon.
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An attorney filed a lawsuit Thursday against Michigan’s state bar, which requires practicing lawyers to pay an annual bar fee in Michigan in violatation of their First Amendment rights.
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has completed another course of treatment for a malignant tumor doctors found on her pancreas.
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This movie follows orphaned children living during the Mexican drug war while they are running away from drug cartels who killed their parents. However, the orphans have something that can help as they try to escape: Three wishes.
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Republican congressional candidate Peter Meijer is facing criticism for banning drag performers with down syndrome from performing at his building.
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Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-08) called President Donald Trump’s comments “toxic” after the president questioned Democrats who failed to speak out against Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5).
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Agustin Arbulu, the director of Michigan’s Department of Civil Rights, is taking a leave of absence after Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and numerous elected officials called for his resignation. The length of Arbulu’s absence is unknown at this time.
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A former illegal immigrant turned American citizen who supports President Donald Trump announced Monday she is running for Michigan’s 11th Congressional District seat. Whittney Williams is the first GOP member to join the Republican primary hoping to take on incumbent Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI-11).
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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) believes it can flip Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District blue after Rep. Justin Amash announced he no longer identifies as a Republican.
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Democratic Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, who is facing a tough reelection in 2020, has turned to Sen. Elizabeth Warren for help with his fundraising efforts.
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Michigan is one of three swing states being targeted by a new campaign started by actress and Democratic activist Alyssa Milano.
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An investigation into Agustin Arbulu, the director of Michigan’s Department of Civil Rights, concluded Friday that he made inappropriate comments to a male coworker about a woman he saw at a work event.
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President Donald Trump is considering Pete Hoekstra, former Michigan congressman and current ambassador to the Netherlands, as the next Director of National Intelligence (DNI).
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This movie tells the true story of Brian Banks (Aldis Hodge), a highly acclaimed football recruit, who had his football dreams taken away from him by a false rape accusation charge. Despite a lack of evidence, he received 10 years of prison and probation. However, years later and after an overturned conviction, Banks is released from prison and tries to fulfill his football dreams.
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University of Michigan alumni issued an open letter to Miami Dolphins owner and Trump supporter Stephen Ross Wednesday asking him to “disavow his support for Trump.”
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Three Michigan towns voted against bringing the cannabis industry to their communities. This continues the trend of Michigan communities saying no to marijuana shops.
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Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon believes the way President Donald Trump is handling China is the “defining moment of their time.”
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A political consulting firm is suing the City of Ann Arbor is because it believes a city law forces them to “promote political” messages they don’t believe in.
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