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The buzz about Michigan State Represenative Mari Manoogian (D-Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Township) seems to have taken on a li

CRINGEWORTHY, INDEED

We understand the game of writing endorsements better than most but even we could feel the personal pain when the Detroit Free Press...

LEARN TO PLAY NICE

You know you’re not winning a popularity contest when the leadership of your own political party disavows you. That’s what has happened with

NO IDLE THREAT

As we all learned when the FBI and Michigan State Police arrested several members of the Wolverine Watchmen, an armed militia group who had

DRINKING THE KOOL-AID

We’ll just say it. Republican Eric Esshaki of Birmingham, who was running in the general election to replace Democratic Congresswoman Haley

BAG OF BUCKS

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, elected in 2018 on the slogan of “fix the damn roads,” had her whole agenda waylaid in 2020 by COVID-19 pandemic....

ZIP CODE DOLLARS

Here’s a snapshot, one week out from the November 3 balloting, on how local donations flowed to the Trump-Biden contest, broken down by...

BAD TO WORSE

We don’t know what Michigan GOP Chairwoman Laura Cox has to say on this, but we imagine she may not approve. Republican activist Brandon Hal

SIGN OF THE TIMES

The case of Oakland County v Don Valente, a Republican candidate for Bloomfield Township trustee, is still pending after being postponed...