Party on the Peninsulas with Curtis Hertel Jr.

This Week… Kleptocracy Is Trump’s Most Lucrative Business Venture The New Republic In the News Michigan Politics and Policy Michigan lawmakers pass $84B budget, 67 bills in marathon session | Bridge Michigan There Are Very Few Socialists in America | Paul Krugman Substack How the Tide Turned Against Transgender Athletes—and the Movement | Wall Street Journal Voters Support a Data Center Moratorium...

This Week… Michigan lawmakers propose data center guardrails Detroit Free Press Voters Support a Data Center Moratorium Data for Progress Data Center Database The ‘Gander New Independent Analysis Outlines Roadmap for Responsible Data Center Development in Michigan Detroit Regional Chamber In the News Michigan Politics and Policy Mike Rogers tries to rewrite Michigan’s autoworker history with false...

This Week… Senate Democrats Take Steps to Protect Michigan Voters, Pass Michigan Voting Rights Act Senate Democrats Continue Affordability Push With Bills to Crack Down on Price Gouging Star-studded opening for Obama library in Chicago delivers implied rebuke to Trump The Guardian Obama opens his center with a warning about America’s future POLITICO In the News Michigan Politics and Policy Slotkin...

This Week… Consumers Energy to seek $456M electric rate hike Detroit Free Press Michigan House Democrats new legislation aimed at utility affordability and ratepayer protection Price Hike Mike website turns Rogers’ own words against him Detroit Metro Times In the News Michigan Politics and Policy Comment Ascribed To Whitmer In Viral Data Center Video Disputed | MIRS News PriceHikeMike | Michigan D...

This Week… Trump Announces $700 Million Taxpayer Dollars for Coal Slush Fund | Public Citizen Opinion: Trump’s coal initiative smacks of central planning The Washington Post Federal Pause Of Renewable Energy Grants Could ‘Financially Ruin’ MI Farmers MIRS News In the News Michigan Politics and Policy Attorney General Memorandum: Election Statutes, Enforcement Trump administration investigating pot...

This Week… Gov. Whitmer Delivers Final Keynote Address at Mackinac Policy Conference on Collaboration and Choosing Michigan Executive Office of the Governor Mackinac Policy Conference updates: Michigan universities, Chinese cars Detroit News In the News Michigan Politics and Policy No Duggan = Gov. Benson in partisan repeat | Kyle Melinn/Lansing City Pulse Mike Rogers Said He Loved DOGE After Mich...

This Week… Tsernoglou Removed From Committees, In Hot Water With GOP MIRS News Tsernoglou ‘Done Asking’ Hall For Vote On Epstein-Interlochen Committee MIRS News In the News Michigan Politics and Policy OPINION: Mike Duggan’s Michigan independent governor bid was a non-starter | Nancy Kaffer/Detroit Free Press OPINION: The GOP owns Trump’s inflation, debt and war machine | Former Michigan GOP Chair...

This Week… Clean energy saved Michiganders money—now it’s on the GOP chopping block The ‘Gander In the News Michigan Politics and Policy Governor, US Senate Poll, May 2026 | Glengariff Group Senate/Gubernatorial Poll | Mitchell Research (May 1-7) Mike Rogers campaign keeps pastor tied to church scandal | Midland Daily News VIDEO: Huizenga votes for Medicaid cuts, Billionaire Tax Breaks Barrett bac...

  This Week… Republicans saw Michigan as ripe for a takeover. The mood is shifting | AP News Supreme Court voids majority Black congressional district in Louisiana | AP News Samuel Alito’s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJ | The Guardian With the VRA gutted, the GOP could target over a dozen Black and Latino House districts | The Downballot The Truth About ‘No Tax On Social S...

  This Week… FBI Investigating Mike Duggan’s Dirty Dirt Scandal Ex-Michigan party leaders: Time to ditch nominating conventions Bridge Michigan In the News Michigan Politics and Policy MDP Condemns Trump DOJ’s Demand for 2024 Ballots – Michigan Democratic Party Michigan Senate Democrats propose long-term funding plan for schools | Detroit News Michigan congressman [Barrett] in the crosshairs of ga...