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WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Monday welcomed 11 newly elected Senate Democrats at the U.S. Capitol, following midterm elections in which his party flipped both chambers in Congress. “Last week the American people put Donald Trump and the GOP on blast,” Schumer, a New York Democrat, said on the…
A proposal to overhaul the federal process for permits to construct energy projects passed a procedural hurdle in the U.S. Senate on Monday, though several Democratic supporters said the legislation needed more work. The Senate voted, 73-25, to advance what’s known as the permitting reform bill, despite opposition…
WASHINGTON — Oregon Democratic U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden plans to press for “the boldest” healthcare bill possible after he takes over as Finance Committee chairman next year, but he didn’t commit to Medicare for All, a longstanding policy goal for progressives, during a briefing Monday. Wyden told reporters in the Capitol…
Voters in California, Hawaii and Rhode Island gave the go-ahead last week for bond measures aimed at boosting the housing supply and homeownership. But a California measure to cut back on the state’s decades-old environmental law to spur housing development and a Massachusetts proposal to loosen minimum lot-size rules…
Federal officials on Monday announced $10 billion in awards across all 50 states in the second year of the Rural Health Transformation Fund, grants created by Congress to bolster rural health in response to concerns about Medicaid cuts. Texas received the largest grant for the 2027 fiscal year — almost $282 million —…
Democrats were elected last week to control both the state House and Senate, and with it will come a diversity of thought on big policy ideas and approaches to wielding power — which could pose a challenge for the party’s incoming House Speaker-elect Ranjeev Puri of Canton. Puri was officially elected speaker late…
This story was originally reported by Grace Panetta of The 19th. Meet Grace and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. In April, Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas resigned after being accused of having improper relationships with staff, including a former staffer who died by suicide. The…
Arrests for low-level offenses, including vagrancy and drug possession, increased nationwide in 2025, even as violent crime continued to decline, according to a new analysis of federal data. The analysis, which was released in late October by the criminal justice advocacy organization FWD.us, found that arrests for…
With Michigan set to receive a sizable amount as part of a settlement agreement between 50 states and territories and Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, two state lawmakers are looking to use those funds to bolster Michigan’s youth mental health efforts. In August, Michigan Attorney General Dana…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said in an interview that aired Sunday his mass deportation campaign, which helped propel his return to the Oval Office, had gone too far and potentially led to Republicans losing the U.S. House and Senate in the midterm elections. “I think it might be too tough, yeah,” Trump said…
The U.S. Department of Justice is dismissing a lawsuit that tried to force California to set aside the ballots of suspected noncitizen voters, marking the formal end of the Trump administration’s most aggressive effort to control vote counting in the lead-up to the midterm elections. The Justice Department filed a…
This story was originally published by Michigan Public. The emergency order keeping a West Michigan coal-fired power plant open is set to expire this Saturday. The Trump administration has repeatedly issued new orders to extend the life of the plant since May of last year, when the J.H. Campbell plant was originally…
General Motors’ historic 2009 bankruptcy was so massive that it’s taken 15 years for a real estate trust to clean up and sell the hundreds of buildings and thousands of acres of land across 14 states that GM left behind. And the work isn’t done yet. Bruce Rasher is RACER Trust’s redevelopment manager. Rasher, who
MLive’s Lucas Smolcic Larson reports that Lenox Township is fielding a request to rezone 1,400 acres in the Macomb County Community. While the request does not specify what type of development the land would be used for, the application comes from Lenox & Chesterfield Development Alliance, LLC. In previous letters to…
Earlier this year, Madison Harden-Stein and her colleagues at the Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms posed as consumers interested in buying insurance as part of a secret shopper study. They found that insurance brokers and sales representatives often pushed short-term health insurance plans with…
Jen Stroven, an organizer for Kalamazoo’s Yes For Families campaign, knew what she was up against: ‘Affordability, affordability, affordability.’ Asking voters to raise their own taxes to lower child care costs, expand access, and raise teacher wages may have seemed like a tall order at a time when the increased cost…
This story was originally published by Canary Media. Can a utility commit to building massive gas plants and still achieve zero carbon emissions? DTE Electric in southeast Michigan says yes, and it outlines how in a 20-year plan currently being considered by regulators. The key, the utility says, will be carbon…
An enormous blue wave crashed over all levels of government this midterm cycle. Congressional seats, governor’s mansions and state legislatures flipped from Republican to Democrat, some in surprising fashion. Democrats claimed “trifecta” power in some state capitals, broke supermajorities in others and won other…
Along with a dramatic change in congressional majorities on Election Day, an analysis from the National Conference of State Legislatures showed large shifts in legislative majorities around the country, flipping from a majority of Republican legislatures to majority Democratic. Democrats also now hold a large number…
As the dust settles on the 2026 blue wave tsunami of a national election, the predictable wave of political analysis and backslapping has begun. Pundits and the political class will spend weeks dissecting voter shifts, messaging strategies and polling margins. Here in Michigan and across the country, an important…
In a handful of holdout states, Democrats appear ready to use their newly won statehouse dominance to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. In at least four states — Georgia, Kansas, Texas and Wisconsin — the midterm election results have tilted the political calculus toward expansion, though lawmakers have…
WASHINGTON — The chair of the campaign arm for U.S. House Democrats said during a Friday press conference that this week’s midterm elections resulted in an overwhelming blue wave because of Latinos. Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Suzan DelBene said majorities won in the House and the Senate by…
WASHINGTON — Voters may have given Democrats control of Congress in the midterm elections, but Republicans will remain in charge of both chambers during the lame-duck session that spans November and December. The relatively brief five-week schedule, which begins Monday, gives GOP leaders a chance to wrap up unfinished…
This story was originally published by Public News Service. A $70 million gift to the American Indian College Fund could help expand scholarships and student support at tribal colleges, including those in Michigan. The donation from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott will fund a seven-year plan to strengthen Native…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Friday he will elevate Stephen Miller to White House chief of staff, the first shake-up of his administration officials since Democrats trounced Republicans in the midterms. Former Chief of Staff Susie Wiles will move to the “Trump Political Operation,” the president…
Two lawsuits have been filed against Proposal 2, the “Michiganders for Money Out of Politics” ballot measure that passed on Tuesday with over 80% of the vote, arguing it violates the First Amendment. The proposal is scheduled to take effect by Dec. 3, 2026, under Michigan election law, unless a court blocks its…
A new federal report released the week before Tuesday’s midterm elections found that Americans experienced declines in several categories of violent and property crime victimization in 2025, including aggravated assaults, burglaries and motor vehicle thefts. The preliminary survey findings from the U.S. Bureau of…
As the dust of election season settles across the country, the representative from Michigan’s politically purple 8th Congressional District has raised her hand to lead House Democrats’ frontline efforts at expanding their majority in 2028. As first reported by The Washington Sun, U.S. Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet…
LANSING, Mich. — Fifteen years working as an emergency room nurse has convinced Kim Bogan that the only way to fix the American healthcare system is to tear it down and start over. Her patients arriving for triage are sicker than ever. They can’t afford many of the prescriptions they get in the ER. And
This story was originally published by The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Sign up for its newsletters here. Detroit’s city-backed violence intervention program is showing significant promise in targeted areas as the city continues to experience record-level declines in gun violence, a…
In an executive order issued Thursday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer directed executive departments and agencies to conduct a review of “all policies, procedures, and practices governing the collection, maintenance, storage, and retention of records and data relating to an individual’s reproductive health” and revise any such…
State Rep. Ranjeev Puri of Canton will lead Michigan’s newly elected Democratic House majority as speaker in January, while Republicans chose state Rep. Tom Kunse of Clare to lead their caucus in the minority, marking a new chapter for both parties as Democrats prepare to take control of state government. The…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to establish the Oval Office and White House Cabinet Room as a national monument in order to prevent any major renovations to those spaces that are not approved by Congress. Trump, who tore down the East Wing of the White House to build a ballroom,
Alabama Republicans had hoped Rep. Shomari Figures would deliver a concession speech on Tuesday night after the state legislature redrew his district to be more GOP-friendly. Instead, the Democrat declared victory — winning nearly 54% of the vote. “We know what happened with this district,” Figures told supporters as…
The blue wave that swept across Tuesday’s midterm election will deliver Democrats new power over state government, giving them the opportunity to advance long-sought policy changes. Democrats flipped hundreds of seats, won control of several GOP-held chambers, broke veto-proof supermajorities and won a majority of…
The age of the typical first-time homebuyer last year remained stuck at a historic high of 40 years old as younger people continue to get the worst of brutally high prices and interest rates in much of the country. That’s according to new data from the National Association of Realtors, and it’s the second year
Consumers Energy, one of the state’s largest energy utilities, has once again asked Michigan energy regulators to delay their decision on whether to approve a sale of 13 hydroelectric dams located throughout the state. While the Michigan Public Service Commission’s three members unanimously approved Consumers’ request…
Sen. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton) was named the next Senate majority leader by the Democratic caucus on Thursday afternoon. While he will not officially assume the role until voted in by the full chamber in January, his nomination by the Democrats makes that a formality. Talking to reporters after the vote, Camilleri…
There is a reason Republicans haven’t won a U.S. Senate race in Michigan since the last century. The state is politically competitive, culturally diverse and home to an electorate that doesn’t fit neatly into the narrow partisan boxes that have come to define Republican politics. Mike Rogers is simply the latest…
As state Sen. Sean McCann prepares to make his way to Washington, the Kalamazoo Democrat is committing himself to listening and delivering for his constituents, whether they voted for him or not. “We’re going to put together a top-notch constituent service organization in the district, one that doesn’t care if…
Federal officials allege that on May 28th, 2026, a nurse at Trinity Health Ann Arbor helped a patient who had been detained and injured by ICE to escape custody. The state is now charging this nurse, Chloe Renee Freeman, with a federal misdemeanor. As ICE, DHS, and other arms of state violence increase their systematic
As Democrats nationwide and across Michigan celebrated historic victories in the 2026 midterm elections, history was also made by a number of LGBTQ+ Michiganders. Among them was state Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-Bloomfield), who was elected to the state’s 11th Congressional District, becoming the first openly gay member of…
WASHINGTON — As the monumental midterm victories set in, Democrats began to talk strategy Wednesday on how to deliver what voters want: lower prices, attainable health care and an end to a stagnant and expensive conflict in the Middle East. Starting in January, the party will control both chambers of Congress, giving…
WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in Congress have just a couple months to decide how they want to balance investigations into President Donald Trump and his administration with securing his signature on major bills to address the cost of living, a top concern for voters. While Democrats gained control of the House and…
WASHINGTON — Winners of more than a dozen congressional and gubernatorial races have broken longstanding barriers of race, gender and sexuality. The results set records for the most Black governors and most women governors, and the first Black woman governor, Georgia’s Keisha Lance Bottoms. Democrats, who flipped the…
Voters in four states — Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska and Washington — passed measures to restrict transgender athletes’ participation in sports, a key policy focus of the Trump administration. Colorado, Nebraska and Washington’s measures were ballot initiatives, while Arizona reached the ballot by way of the…
After Election Day delivered major gains for Democrats across the country, party leadership and their newly-elected members are pledging to deliver on the mandate that Republicans promised voters in 2024: lowering costs and delivering economic relief. Among those candidates is U.S. Rep.-elect Christina Hines…
Despite the blue wave that swept the nation on Tuesday, voters were more cautious about making sweeping changes to their taxes. Most states with tax policy on the ballot saw voters reject large-scale change, though some passed smaller changes or reined in officials’ ability to make changes. “Even though there are big…
After declaring victory in a hard-fought battle for Michigan’s most competitive swing district, U.S. Rep.-elect William Lawrence reconvened with his supporters and members of the media to celebrate his victory and reaffirm his commitment to promises he made along the campaign trail. Standing outside his campaign…
Democrats seized more power over state governments than the party has had in years after the party swept races up and down the ballot in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Republicans have held a majority of state legislatures and governorships since 2010. But that reign appears over as Democrats swept a majority of…
Millions of voters in 11 states approved tougher criminal penalties and more bail restrictions in Tuesday’s midterm elections, while rejecting efforts to roll back marijuana legalization and expand cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The results reflected a mixed approach to criminal justice policy, with…
At her first press conference as Governor-elect, Jocelyn Benson repeatedly emphasized the importance of working with legislators across the aisle to deliver on her campaign promises of lowering costs and increasing wages — even as she will be governing alongside a large Democratic trifecta in the Legislature. Benson…
Nationwide results for abortion ballot initiatives on Tuesday night largely favored protecting access to abortion and other reproductive care, with the exception of Idaho, where a measure that would have restored access to abortion was soundly defeated. Idaho’s outcome stood in stark contrast to the other three ballot…
Ahead of the midterms, Democrats wargamed dozens of scenarios looking at how President Donald Trump might try to undermine the election, everything from seizing voting machines to falsely declaring a foreign attack. But when the blue tsunami arrived Tuesday night, Trump seemed to let it wash right over him. In a…
DETROIT — The political outreach efforts of Michigan’s labor movement played a significant role in the 2026 elections as Democrats helped elect candidates who put the plight of working people first in their campaign messages and policy planks, said UAW President Shawn Fain on Tuesday evening. In an interview with…
After months of campaigning, polling and prognostication, voters across the country had their say in the 2026 midterm elections on Tuesday. And despite fears about possible trouble at polling places, millions of votes were cast, mostly without incident. Voters administered a sharp reprimand to President Donald Trump…
Voters in five states approved new citizenship voting requirements on Tuesday while Arizona voters rejected theirs. Proposals to explicitly bar noncitizens from voting were on the ballot this week in six states: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, South Dakota and West Virginia. Arizona voters defeated Proposition 144…
The fingerpointing is coming from inside the house. Vice President JD Vance said in a lengthy social media post Wednesday that Republicans’ shellacking in the midterm elections the night before was mainly due to the administration’s war in Iran. Though Vance sought to soften the blow to President Donald Trump by…
WASHINGTON — Voting ended Tuesday in this year’s midterm elections, leaving officials and volunteers counting tens of millions of ballots to determine which U.S. House and Senate candidates will take the oath of office in January. The post-election process includes numerous steps and varying deadlines for when ballots…
The success of Democrats across the nation in Tuesday’s election manifested itself squarely in Michigan’s congressional delegation, which saw three districts change hands from Republicans to Democrats. What had been a 7-6 GOP majority has now been reversed to a 9-4 Democratic advantage starting in 2027. Here are the…
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries got one step closer to becoming the next speaker after Democrats delivered a sweeping victory in the midterm elections. If elected by a majority of House members, Jeffries would make history as the first Black person to hold the gavel. The 56-year-old Brooklynite…
Voters across the country administered a sharp reprimand to President Donald Trump and Republicans who hold majorities in Congress, with Democrats gaining comfortable majorities in the Senate and the House. Several U.S. Senate and House races remained uncalled by The Associated Press as Election Day ended on the East…
Building on gains in 2022, Democrats have continued to make headway in Western Michigan as state Sen. Sean McCann (D-Kalamazoo) claimed victory Wednesday against U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Holland Township) for his seat in Congress. Unofficial results from the Associated Press, which finally called the race at 1:13…
DETROIT — Michigan will have a new Democratic Party majority in the state Legislature after Tuesday’s election, according to unofficial returns. The party and its top incumbent officials in the state Legislature declared victory on Wednesday morning after it became clear that they would have a new trifecta, as…
In the early hours Wednesday morning, former prosecutor Christina Hines announced her victory over Army National Guard veteran Michael Bouchard Jr. While Hines declared victory at 3:52 a.m., the Associated Press officially called the race shortly before 12:30 Wednesday afternoon with unofficial results showing Hines…
In a tight race for Michigan’s politically purple 7th Congressional District, Lansing area political organizer William Lawrence has declared himself the victor against incumbent Congressman Tom Barrett (R-Charlotte). Lawrence’s campaign shared their proclamation of victory at 2:49 a.m. Wednesday, with the Associated…
Democrats have won the majority of governor’s offices for the first time in 16 years after the GOP racked up major losses across the country. Democrats flipped governorships in Georgia, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio and Texas and defended competitive races in Maine, Michigan and Wisconsin, according to unofficial results from…
Defying Democrats’ efforts to rally support in northern Michigan, U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Watersmeet) has won reelection in the state’s 1st Congressional District, defeating Traverse City attorney Callie Barr. When the Associated Press called the race at 1:09 a.m., unofficial results showed Bergman had won 53.2% of…
DETROIT – Democratic nominee and Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit has won the race for Michigan Attorney General, defeating Republican nominee Eaton County Prosecutor Doug Lloyd by a margin of 51.8% to 45.5% as of 2:28 a.m. Wednesday, the time at which the Associated Press called the race. “This campaign started…
Democratic nominee and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II has won the race for Michigan Secretary of State, defeating Republican nominee and Macomb County Clerk Anthony Forlini by a margin of nearly eight percentage points as of 2:00 a.m., the time at which the Associated Press called the race. “The biggest difference…
DETROIT — The progressive wave sweeping the nation reached its crest in Michigan early Wednesday as Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee, declared victory Republican former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers. “We just showed them that a movement of the people, by the people, and for the people will ultimately win,”…
In local elections across the country, Americans voted overwhelmingly to restrict the buildout of data centers in their communities. As of Friday, 44 ballot measures to restrict data centers were passed by voters and two held significant leads in ongoing vote counts, according to the tracking website Data Centers on…
Democratic nominee and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has declared victory in Michigan’s gubernatorial election, addressing supporters early Wednesday in Detroit. “This election, from the western reaches of the Upper Peninsula to downtown Detroit, voters sent a clear message: They want leaders who will fight for…
Democratic-nominated incumbents Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Megan Cavanagh and Noah Hood have won reelection. The race was called just after 1 a.m. Wednesday by the Associated Press, at which point Cavanagh and Hood won 33.8% and 29.1% of the vote, respectively. While the race is nonpartisan on the ballot…
This story has been updated. Democrat Troy Jackson declared victory in the U.S. Senate race after five-term incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins called and conceded the race. “If you’re sitting at the table after work wondering how you’re going to pay the next bill, I want you to hear something very clearly…
Georgia voters elected the nation’s first Black woman governor on Tuesday while neighbors to the south in Florida became the first to elect a Black Republican governor. Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will be the first Democrat to occupy Georgia’s top office in more than two decades. In Florida, Republican…
State Rep. Donavan McKinney (D-Detroit) will succeed U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar to represent Michigan’s 13th Congressional District. McKinney defeated Republican T.P. Nykoriak with 75.5% of the vote, according to unofficial results shared by the Associated Press, which called the race at 10:33 p.m.. Michigan Democratic…
Michigan state Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-Bloomfield) emerged victorious against Troy Mayor Ethan Baker, receiving 59.6% of the vote, according to unofficial results shared by the Associated Press at 9:33 p.m. Moss, the state’s first openly gay state senator, will be Michigan’s first openly LGBTQ+ representative in Congress…
Proposal 2 on Michigan ballots, the “Michiganders for Money Out of Politics” initiative, has passed. The initiative will alter state campaign finance law to ban campaign spending from “regulated electric and gas utilities, contractors with over $250,000 annually in government contracts, and people and organizations…
WASHINGTON — In a stunning upset, Democrats ousted Republicans and flipped control of the U.S. Senate Tuesday night, effectively establishing a barricade for President Donald Trump’s agenda for the last two years of his term. Democrats will now have the power to block many of Trump’s nominees, both executive and…
WASHINGTON — Democrats will regain control of the U.S. House early next year, after voters throughout the country rejected the policies that Republicans and President Donald Trump implemented during the last two years. The Associated Press, which States Newsroom looks to for the projected winner of congressional…
America voted. After the Trump administration pressured election officials, after concerns that armed federal agents would deploy to the polls, after fears U.S. Department of Justice election monitors would intimidate voters — ballots were cast by the millions Tuesday, mostly without incident. Across the United…
Michigan election officials say they contacted the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday after receiving reports that federal election monitors in Dearborn and Flint had questioned poll workers about their training, conduct which state officials said was outside the monitors’ legal authority. Kim Bush, a spokeswoman…
DETROIT— Despite backlash from Democratic lawmakers over U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens’ endorsement of Mike Rogers, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, Detroit-area voters say the move only reinforced their support for Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed. Aijah Greer, 27, of Detroit told Michigan Advance that it did more…
DETROIT — National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler joined state labor leaders at a Detroit union hall Tuesday morning to rally for Democrats in the final stretch of a midterm election that has drawn national and international scrutiny. Schuler spoke alongside Democratic Attorney General nominee Eli Savit, renowned civil…
WASHINGTON — Tens of millions of Americans have already cast a ballot in the 2026 midterm elections that will determine control of Congress and shape President Donald Trump’s remaining policy agenda. As of Monday, more than 57 million Americans had cast a vote, according to the University of Florida’s Election Lab…
On September 30, 2026, a permitting reform bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate that would significantly weaken the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). The NHPA was passed in 1966 after thousands of historic places around the U.S. were demolished during urban renewal efforts in 1950s and 1960s. The loss of…
While much of the national attention on today’s midterm elections has focused on control of Congress, voters across the country will also choose which party controls the levers of state power. Across the states, more than 6,000 legislative seats are up for grabs, leaving the partisan control of numerous chambers…
Election Day marks the culmination of months of campaigning in Michigan for races that will likely determine party control of crucial seats on both a state and federal level — including the U.S. Senate, governor’s office, a number of key U.S. House races and both chambers of the state Legislature. As of midafternoon…
This story was originally published by Uncloseted Media. On June 5, Democratic Michigan state representative and then-Senate hopeful Haley Stevens posted to Facebook that “Mike Rogers’ record on LGBTQ+ rights is repulsive. He has no business representing Michiganders.” Fast forward to Sunday: Stevens sent shockwaves…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, mere hours before Election Day in the midterms that will determine control of Congress, denied the Trump administration’s final attempt to force California to set aside the ballots of 20,000 people it suspects are noncitizens. The decision marked a significant blow to President Donald…
American democracy faces one of its biggest stress tests of the modern era, as President Donald Trump’s sprawling campaign for power over elections encounters a firewall of judges, state election workers and voting rights leaders heading into Election Day. A cascade of courtroom losses over the weekend dealt a major…
To prevent pregnancy after sex, U.S. teenage girls and young women are more likely to rely on unproven strategies such as prayer, exercise and jumping up and down than they are on evidence-based methods such as Plan B emergency contraception, according to a new study. The study, published in The Journal of Sex…
Fewer than 1 in 20 rental listings across the largest U.S. cities are flagged as reserved for renters under an income limit, according to new data from Apartments.com. But average income-restricted rent fell year over year in 13 of the 50 markets, compared with three for market-rate rent. Just 4.6% of listings across…
For state Rep. Laurie Pohutsky (D-Livonia), the decision by U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens to endorse Republican Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate was a “betrayal” and “unconscionable,” a feeling shared by many Democrats — especially in terms of Rogers’ stance on abortion policy. “You either support reproductive rights or you…
The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to require California to set aside the ballots of suspected noncitizen voters in a last-ditch appeal by the Trump administration to exert control over the state’s vote counting. The request came on the eve of Election Day and as more than 5 million…
This story was originally published by Capital & Main. In the final stretch of the 2026 midterm campaigns, the most potent climate issue in American politics arrived by delivery truck across the country. The average price of heating oil hit $6.23 a gallon for the week of Oct. 26, up from $3.60 a year earlier,
As broad affordability concerns define elections across the country, voters in several states on Tuesday will have a say on their future utility bills. State utility regulators, who are facing heightened levels of attention and scrutiny amid high prices, are on the ballot in nine states: Alabama, Arizona, Georgia…
The day was coming to an end, and the GEO sign identifying the North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin remained covered with photographs of people who had died while in the hands of immigration enforcement. An offering of flower petals, bread, drinks and candles reflected El Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead,
DETROIT — Key Democrats said Sunday they would not let Haley Stevens’ endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers divide the party ahead of Tuesday’s election. Stevens, a sitting member of Congress, was all but formally exorcized by her party after she publicly endorsed Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mike Rogers over…