Marion Township engineer running for county commission
A Marion Township electrical engineer is seeking a spot on the Livingston County Commission. Paul Giessner, 29, says he is running to bring a focus on problem-solving and community engagement to the...
View ArticleTrump endorses Rogers for U.S. Senate
Former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to endorse former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Brighton) in Michigan’s open U.S. Senate race to replace retiring Democrat Sen. Debbie Stabenow. Rogers has...
View ArticleMichigan House staffers starting unionization effort
Some House staffers working under the purview of House Speaker Joe Tate (D-Detroit) have begun taking cards from employees interested in holding an election on whether to be represented by a Teamsters...
View ArticleMSU workers ask Supremes to consider Covid vaccine mandate
Michigan State University (MSU) employees are taking their fight against the university's COVID-19 vaccine mandate to the U.S. Supreme Court. The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) petitioned the...
View ArticleRetired educator says he’ll be a moderate voice on county board
Bob Sexton of Brighton Township, a retired educator, is running for the District 7 seat on the Livingston County Board of Commissioners. The district includes the City of Brighton, and Brighton Charter...
View ArticleWhitmer appoints Longsworth to 44th Circuit Court judgeship
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has appointed attorney Susan Longsworth of Howell to fill the partial term left vacant after the resignation of 44th Circuit Court Judge Michael Hatty. Longsworth, a solo...
View ArticleAxe MI Tax forgoes canvassers, circulates petitions
Petitions for the constitutional amendment to try to do away with property taxes in Michigan have decided they don’t need the approval of the Board of Canvassers and started circulating petitions....
View ArticleHamburg environmentalist running for county board
Elizabeth Hauptman of Hamburg Township is running in the Democratic primary for the District 8 seat on the Livingston County Board of Commissioners. District 8 covers parts of Genoa and Hamburg...
View ArticleSenate Dems OK giving communities 50% of SOAR bucks for ‘transformative’...
Fifty percent of the total funding appropriated into the Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve (SOAR) Fund will be directed to “transformative community investments,” such as housing, transit and...
View ArticleTrump endorsement gives Rogers 40-point bump in Senate primary
If you ever questioned the value of President Donald Trump’s endorsement in a Republican primary, question no more. Republican U.S. Senate front runner Mike Rogers went from a field-leading 27% support...
View ArticleNearly $1M in booze missing from state warehouses
Spirits are missing from the state inventory and there isn’t a teenager alone in the house to blame. The Office of Auditor General reported Tuesday that slack controls within the Michigan Liquor...
View ArticleRamaswamy headlining local GOP’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who suspended his presidential primary campaign in January after finishing fourth in Iowa, is headlining the Livingston County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner....
View ArticleWhat 3 Michigan polls show in presidential race
Former President Donald Trump (47%) is leading incumbent President Joe Biden (44%) by 2 points, but it’s within the margin of error, according to a March 15-16 Mitchell Research & Communications...
View ArticleNFL Draft could bring over $160M in economic impact
Visit Detroit President Claude Molinari said he expects an economic impact of around $160 million to $170 million from hosting the 2024 National Football League (NFL) Draft, which is being kicked off...
View ArticleMIT report ranks Michigan second in election administration
By Jon King, Michigan Advance ichigan is among the best in the nation when it comes to the administration of elections. That’s according to the Elections Performance Index (EPI), which ranked Michigan...
View ArticleReiber files for Genoa Township Board
Bill Reiber has filed as a Republican candidate for the Genoa Township Board. Reiber, who described himself in a release as an “ideas guy” who thinks outside the box, has lived in Genoa Township for...
View ArticleScholten calls GOP focus on Grand Rapids murder ‘horrible’; Theis calls for...
On Wednesday U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Grand Rapids) criticized the politicization by Republicans of the death of Ruby Garcia, a Grand Rapids resident who was killed Friday by her boyfriend,...
View ArticleIf every state House candidate performed as well as Whitmer in 2022 …
House Democrats could have picked up an additional 11 seats if their candidates performed equally well as the top of the ticket, according to a 2022 general election analysis done by Target Insyght...
View ArticleJudy, Judy, Judy: Here’s how I thank Biden and the Democrats
By Rob Rodriguez-Pelizzari Chair, Livingston County Republican Party typically take Judy Daubenmier’s comments with a grain of salt, understanding that she will find fault with the actions of a...
View ArticleGov. Whitmer opens county One Campaign office in Brighton
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer officially opened the Livingston County Democrats’ local One Campaign office on Friday. Whitmer spoke to the standing-room-only crowd and welcomed some of the local Democrats...
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