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The Donald Trump presidential campaign has officially filed a lawsuit to prevent Michigan’s election results from being certified. The federal action was filed in the Western District of Michigan. It targets Wayne County and the Michigan Secretary of State. In a release from the Trump 2020 campaign, general counsel Matt …

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is hailing the announcement by the drug companies Pfizer and BioNTech that their COVID-19 vaccine is showing promise. Pfizer officials said the inoculation proved 90 percent effective in early trials, with no serious safety concerns observed. The company plans to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration …

The Michigan legislature is doubling down on President Donald Trump’s allegation that voting fraud led to his defeat in last week’s presidential election. The House and Senate Oversight Committees on Saturday issued a subpoena for state election records. State legislative committees do have subpoena authority, although it is used infrequently.  …

The first legal challenge of Michigan’s election by the Donald Trump campaign didn’t get very far. Yesterday, Court of Claims Judge Cynthia Stephens dismissed a lawsuit which demanded that ballot counting be stopped. Stephens said the case was based on a “hearsay affidavit that… is not first-hand knowledge.” She ruled …

Governor Gretchen Whitmer yesterday said it’s no coincidence that the dramatic statewide increase in COVID-19 diagnoses began just after the Michigan Supreme Court struck down the 1945 law that she had used to issue emergency orders… “As you can see, our cases per million since then have been on the …

Polls remain open until 8:00 this evening, as the 2020 general election continues. For those who organize and run elections, this has been the most challenging in decades. With COVID-19 concerns, and expanded early voting, local clerks and election workers have had to adapt to some big changes. To acknowledge …

With all the discussion about the numerous candidates in the election, a couple of state ballot issues have been somewhat overlooked. Proposition One would revise the formula for how money from the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund and the State Park Endowment Fund can be spent. Those formulas are set …

An order issued by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel banning open carry for firearms at polling places on Tuesday has been struck down. Yesterday, Michigan Court of Claims Chief Judge Christopher Murray issued a preliminary injunction based on a technicality, saying that Nessel had not followed proper procedure in establishing …

Legalization of recreational marijuana use in Michigan was supposed to cut down on illegal drug trafficking. So far, it hasn’t. At a news conference in Detroit yesterday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced that the amount of illegal pot they have seized coming into Michigan this year is 17 …

With a week remaining before election day, Michigan continues on a record-setting pace for absentee voting… “As of Friday, 3.1 million Michigan citizens had requested to vote absentee, which is three times the number of those who voted absentee in 2016.” On Monday’s Morning Coffee program on KBear 102.3, Michigan …