Craig Mauger

'No one will know': Court records reveal secret money flowing through Lansing detroitnews.com/story/news/pol…

Required reading for the Mackinac policy crowd & their Groundhog Day panels “Each year the state's top business and political leaders convene to ‘solve’ what ails the state when the data says they mostly do nothing of the sort. In fact, it's getting worse.” By @DanielHowes_TDN

Lots of news in our Michigan politics Insider report each weekend. Subscribe to The @detroitnews here: cm.detroitnews.com/subscriberguid…

Insider: Here's how Mike Duggan's exit changes the governor's race detroitnews.com/story/news/pol…

Lost in the Flood, northern Michigan version detroitnews.com/story/news/loc… via @detroitnews

Stephen Colbert makes surprise TV appearance on local Michigan show detroitnews.com/story/entertai…

House, state agencies settle suit over $370.7M in work project cuts detroitnews.com/story/news/pol… via @detroitnews

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, in a statement, calls the resolutions to revamp state university board selections an "interesting solution" that should be given "thoughtful consideration."

Democrat Jocelyn Benson not agreeing to the Mackinac Island debate with Republican John James before the primary:

Here's the front page of The Detroit News on Friday, May 22 2026. Get caught up on today's top stories in your eNewspaper now: detne.ws/4nVgDvf

Fain, UAW issue trade 'demands' ahead of U.S.-Mexico talks next week detroitnews.com/story/business…

There are multiple efforts going on right now in Lansing to reduce the influence of party conventions on nominations for state offices.

The plan would upend the way university boards are selected at UM, Wayne State and MSU, and move the Democratic and Republican AG and SOS nominations to the primary ballot. Story with @CraigDMauger detroitnews.com/story/news/pol… via @detroitnews

How long will pro-Stevens ads be the only ones running on TV in the primary race? That likely matters much more than what any prediction market says.

Every race a single issue campaign

The election is shaping up to be a referendum on President Trump, said Brandon Dillon, former chair of the Michigan Democratic Party. "It just makes it nearly impossible for any candidate who’s trying to run up the middle to be successful," Dillon said. detroitnews.com/story/news/pol…

National upheaval helped bring demise of Mike Duggan's campaign detroitnews.com/story/news/pol…

Talking about Duggan's decision on @wjrradio momentarily

#BREAKING: Former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is ending his independent campaign for Michigan governor, citing shifting political winds. detne.ws/4uszzoK

Of course, we recorded this week's Off The Record at 8 a.m. this morning.

In his announcement Thursday, Duggan, a former Democrat, cited growing anger and polarization over the war in Iran and rising gas prices, which he says make it difficult for his message of unity and bipartisanship to break through. detroitnews.com/story/news/pol…