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This Week…
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Consumers Energy to seek $456M electric rate hike
Detroit Free PressMichigan House Democrats new legislation aimed at
utility affordability and ratepayer protection
In the News
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Comment Ascribed To Whitmer In Viral Data Center Video Disputed | MIRS News
- PriceHikeMike | Michigan Democratic Party
- As energy prices rise, Senate candidates clash over clean power future | Bridge Michigan
- Canada Built a New Bridge From Ontario to Detroit. Trump Refuses to Open It. | The American Prospect
- House Speaker Matt Hall threatens budget stall over impasse with Senate Dems | Bridge Michigan
- Republicans Block Slotkin Amendments to Protect Elections from Illegal Military Interference – Senator Elissa Slotkin
- Michigan lawmakers seek to stop plan to turn warehouse into ICE detention center | mlive.com
- Michigan suspends Antrim County clerk’s voter roll privileges | Votebeat
- Peters for (at least) interim MSU president makes sense | Kyle Melinn – Lansing City Pulse
- Gary Peters for president of Michigan State? Here’s what he’s saying | Detroit News
- Sen. Sam Singh proposes new plan for overhauling university boards | Detroit News
- Rx Kids fact check: No tax money for undocumented moms, no spending limits | Bridge Michigan
The Economy
- Risk alert: Costs of delaying opening of Gordie Howe Bridge; Auto Industry effects | Anderson Economic Group, LLC
- Federal Pause Of Renewable Energy Grants Could ‘Financially Ruin’ MI Farmers | MIRS News
- Inflation Heated Up to 4.2% in May, as Energy Costs Continued to Bite | Wall Street Journal
- Global economic implications of the 2026 Middle East war | Peterson Institution for International Economics
- Opinion | Trump’s coal initiative smacks of central planning | The Washington Post
- Michigan Medicaid rolls drop 5%, prompting fears of surge in uninsured | Bridge Michigan
The Trump Administration
- Inside Trump’s White House, the Epstein Files Caused a Freakout | The New York Times
- Trump Lie: “I didn’t guarantee no war.” | The Bulwark
- Trump Wins Fight to Blow $125 Million on ‘Dumbest Thing Ever’ | Daily Beast
- Trump library says no Twitter DMs can be found, despite evidence he sent them | The Washington Post
Grifters and Thieves
Donald Trump Slaps a UFC Makeover on
His Latest Grift | Daily Beast
- Rubio Signs New Deal With UFC Ensuring Trump Gets Even Richer | The New Republic
- Trump’s White House UFC fight requires $60M and 7 federal agencies | AP News
- Trump Is Plundering National Parks to Pay for His Vanity Projects | The New Republic
- Trump Bought Tobacco Stocks and Raked In Industry Donations as FDA Eased Standards – KFF Health News
- Progressive Champions PAC is a GOP front | Judd Legum/Popular Information Substack
- Pro-Trump lawyers face misconduct proceedings in Michigan | Detroit News
- Ambani Family Secured Trump Policy Wins While Backing Firm Linked to Donald Trump Jr. | ProPublica
- Trump pardons former congressman convicted of insider trading | AP News
- Spike in border wall spending goes mostly to 2 firms with GOP, White House ties | The Washington Post
- Trump’s Ballroom Donors Are Already Cashing In | The New Republic
- Bessent won’t say if Trump remains exempt from IRS audits | AP News
- Kushner’s Albanian resort faces corruption probe, mass protests | Judd Legum/Popular Information Substack
Attacking Fair & Free Elections
- Republicans Block Slotkin Amendments to Protect Elections from Illegal Military Interference – Senator Elissa Slotkin
- USPS eyes new rule that would block ballots in states that balk at Trump’s demands | Maddow Blog
- U.S. attorney’s office in California announces probe into elections | The Washington Post
- Experts warn Trump ‘inventing fraud’ in California as president ramps up baseless claims | The Guardian
- Opinion: Trump’s claim of election fraud in California doesn’t even make sense – MS NOW
- Trump administration’s investigations into 2020 voter fraud may be more about the 2026 election | Votebeat
- Trump’s moves to erect voting hurdles face race against the clock | Votebeat
- USPS eyes new rule that would block ballots in states that balk at Trump’s demands | Maddow Blog
- Republican Senators Are Helping Trump Steal Elections | The New Republic
- FBI raids, questions employees of Ohio Organizing Collaborative voting | cleveland.com