Jon King

The Michigan State Board of Education has passed a resolution condemning executive orders and directives by the Trump administration designed to “dismantle public education, weaken civil rights protections, and destabilize the economic security of hardworking families.” Passed at Tuesday’s meeting of the board, the resolution takes aim at Trump’s orders to “defund the U.S. Department […]

Rep. DeSana introduces bills to repeal Michigan’s red flag gun laws

Updated 2/19/25 at 6:52 p.m. Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Elizabeth Clement says she is stepping down from the state’s highest court. In a message posted late Wednesday afternoon, Clement said she had notified Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that she would be leaving the Michigan Supreme Court no later than April 30.  “Leading our state’s highest […]

While the election for Michigan’s next open U.S. Senate seat is almost two years away – and there are yet no announced candidates  – it’s already being judged as a toss-up race. That’s the assessment of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, a nonpartisan political analysis newsletter run by the University of Virginia Center for Politics. The seat, […]

For the second time in a week, Democratic lawmakers in Michigan laid out the consequences if the Trump administration’s plans to defund the U.S. Department of Education are allowed to proceed. On Friday, state Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak), and state Reps. Kelly Breen (D-Novi) and state Rep. Matt Koleszar (D-Plymouth), held a news conference […]

Bird flu is now widespread in wild bird populations throughout Michigan, according to state testing. That’s the conclusion of sampling of dead wild birds across Lower Michigan suspected to be positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu. The testing was done as part of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ ongoing […]

A coalition of Michigan educators, elected officials, social justice organizations, and student advocates are laying out the ramifications of President Donald Trump’s planned executive order seeking to shut down the U.S. Department of Education. A virtual press conference Monday, hosted by education advocacy groups, the Michigan Education Justice Coalition and 482Forward, featured state Rep. Regina […]

Updated 2/10/25 at 7:07 p.m. A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump Administration’s planned cuts to public health research at universities and research institutions across the country, after nearly two dozen attorneys general, including Michigan’s Dana Nessel, filed suit  in federal court seeking to halt an action they contended is “unlawful” and would result […]

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Sunday joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general to challenge the Trump administration’s so-called “buyout” plan for federal employees. The plan was communicated through a Jan. 28 email with the heading “Fork in the Road” and was sent to workers across almost every federal agency. It offered a “deferred […]

For the fourth time since Michigan’s 1963 constitution went into effect, voters will decide next year whether to hold a convention to overhaul the document. The initiative to hold a state constitutional convention — informally known as a “Con-Con” — has automatically appeared on the state’s ballot every 16 years beginning in 1978 and is […]