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This Week…
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Gov. Whitmer Delivers Final Keynote Address at
Mackinac Policy Conference on Collaboration and Choosing Michigan
Executive Office of the GovernorMackinac Policy Conference updates: Michigan universities, Chinese cars
Detroit News
Dr. John H. “Joe” Schwarz — 1933-2026 | Mayor, State Senator, Congressman
In the News
Michigan Politics and Policy
- No Duggan = Gov. Benson in partisan repeat | Kyle Melinn/Lansing City Pulse
- Mike Rogers Said He Loved DOGE After Michigan Families Were Hurt By Funding Cuts | MeidasTouch
- Matt Hall Wants to Tax Your Weekend | Michigan Democratic Party
- Judge orders former GOP legislative aide to stand trial in Michigan earmark embezzlement case | Bridge Michigan
- Rep. Barrett claimed enough campaign driving to circle Earth once — and then some | Detroit Metro Times
- Bid to reshape how cash flows in Michigan politics submits petitions | Detroit News
- Michigan regional unemployment rates decrease during April | Michigan Dept. of Technology, Management and Budget
- Opinion: Rick Snyder’s Flint water crisis legacy isn’t a ‘witch hunt’ | Nancy Kaffer/Detroit Free Press
- Michigan lawmakers propose letting voters decide on AG, SOS candidates | Detroit Free Press
- Kevin Guskiewicz’s exit a blow to MSU, which loses momentum and more | Lansing State Journal
- MSU sanctions 2 trustees who refused to sign controversial board rules
- Why Michigan is emerging as one of America’s worst-hit climate states | The Guardian
- Money Out of Politics group ‘confident’ proposal will make Michigan ballot | Bridge Michigan
The Economy
- Inflation breakdown for April 2026 — in one chart | CNBC
- The Midwestern Exodus Is Finally Ending – | Wall Street Journal
- Why Michigan Cherry Farms Are Up for Sale | Realtor.com
- SNAP Cuts Threaten to Cut Young Adults Off at the Knees | The New Republic
- Eroding ACA Enrollment Portends Higher Insurance Rates – KFF Health News
The Trump Administration
- Trump’s “Deal” Looks a Lot Like … the One Obama Struck 11 Years Ago | The New Republic
- Humiliating Reality of Trump’s Giant Peace Grift Exposed | The Daily Beast
- USPS mail ballot proposal could add new hurdles for voters and election officials | Votebeat
- Judge refuses to block Trump executive order that limits mail voting | AP News
- Trump’s Boat Strikes Have Failed to Curb Cocaine Flow to U.S., Experts Say | The New York Times
- ICE Agents Pepper-Spray Democratic Senator at Protest | The New Republic
- Human cages and overflowing toilets at $1m a day: the brutal legacy of Ron DeSantis’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ jail | The Guardian
- Trump’s immigration crackdown could cost up to $479bn in lost taxes over 10 years | The Guardian
Grifters and Thieves
- The Looting of America | Paul Krugman
- House Democrats launch new anti-corruption caucus targeting Trump-era ethics concerns | MS NOW
- Trump Triggers ‘Alarm Bells’ With Jaw-Dropping $9.7B Dell Deal | Daily Beast
Trump’s $1.8 Billion Settlement Fund Sparks Alarm Inside White House | Wall Street Journal
- Blue states want to tax Trump’s ‘weaponization’ fund payouts — at 100 percent | The Washington Post
- Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr. Got a Deal After White House Intervened | ProPublica
- Probably nothing: Don Jr.-linked companies keep scoring federal contracts | Daily Kos
- Trump Vows to Protect the Family Businesses: Crypto and Prediction Markets | Mother Jones
- Team Trump’s latest no-bid contract: $5 million to coat horse statues in gold | Maddow Blog
- Exclusive: Justice Department launches a criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll | CNN Politics
- Reflecting Pool Contract Has ‘Inflated’ Profit Margin, Government Analysis Finds | The New York Times
- ‘SCUM’: Trump enters prediction market fight with swing at regulator’s critics – POLITICO
- Samuel Alito Has a Corruption Problem | The New Republic
- Japanese megacorp SoftBank donates $50M to Trump’s presidential library – POLITICO
Across the Nation
- The anti-gerrymanderers’ future – POLITICO
- Federal judge orders New Hampshire to make it easier for voters to prove citizenship | AP News
- Republican-Appointed Judges Just Gave the Roberts Court a Stunning Rebuke – Mother Jones
- Louisiana Republicans pass new electoral map that guts majority-Black district | The Guardian
- These Ebola Researchers Are Stuck in US Due to Trump’s Funding Cuts | WIRED
- May 2026 National Poll: Rubio Rises as 2028 Contender, Buttigieg, Newsom Top Democratic List | Emerson Polling
- World almost certain to endure record hot year by 2030, UN warns | Climate crisis | The Guardian
- (6) Hawaii’s Power Play: HawaiiTakes on Citizens United | Katie Phang/Meidas+
