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Analysis: Michigan GOP lawmakers silent as party leader, others spread incendiary rhetoric

Feb 10, 2022 Detroit Free Press

An unceasing stream of social media posts and statements recently from both well-known and low-profile Michigan Republicans promoting radical actions by their followers are prompting accusations of racism and violence. The rhetoric and its purveyors...

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Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson Gears up for a Reelection Fight

Feb 8, 2022 Hour Detroit

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has a different, possibly truly novel reason for refusing to say whether she’d run for governor or some other job in 2026 if she wins a second four-year term in 2022: She’s not entirely sure American...

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Ivacko weighs in on 2022 Secretary of State election

Feb 7, 2022 HOUR Detroit

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is preparing for the 2022 election. So far, her Republican opponents don't seem viable based on their extreme views. “If the GOP nominates QAnon conspiracy theorists, Benson will have an easier path...

Ivacko on federal infrastructure dollars in Michigan

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The Russians Are Coming: Are Beijing And Moscow At The Cusp Of A Formal Alliance?

Feb 3, 2022 Scoop NZ

It should matter little to the Chinese that American diplomats and a handful of their western allies will not be attending the Beijing Winter Olympics in February. What truly matters is that the Russians are...

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The Russians are coming: Are Beijing and Moscow at the cusp of a formal alliance?

Jan 31, 2022 Middle East Monitor

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Michigan local government officials worry about local impacts of national political discord

Jan 26, 2022 MyScience

In the face of a worsening national political tone, civic discourse on the local level in Michigan remains generally positive, according to elected officials across the state. This is true concerning both interaction among elected officials, and...

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Ford School event reflects on Michigan redistricting process

Jan 21, 2022 Daily Advent

The Ford School of Public Policy held a virtual discussion Wednesday evening reflecting on Michigan’s citizen-led redistricting process and discussed how lessons from that process could be applied to the rest of the United States. This event was...

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Redistricting Commission splits Hillsdale County into two state Senate districts in new political map

Jan 20, 2022 The Hillsdale Collegian

Hillsdale County will be split into two different state Senate districts under a plan approved by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission on Dec. 28. On the new map, Hillsdale and Jonesville are in district 16 and Allen and...

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Ford School event reflects on Michigan redistricting process

Jan 20, 2022 The Michigan Daily

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7 Burning Questions for 2022

Jan 5, 2022 Hour Detroit

Will Gretchen Whitmer be reelected? Will Detroit allow recreational pot shops to open? How will Coleman Young II and once-nemesis Mike Duggan get along? Our panelists make their...

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Flint, Mich., tap university researchers to boost financial transparency

Dec 2, 2021 StateScoop

Researchers at the University of Michigan on Wednesday announced plans to help Flint, Michigan, develop new open-data standards to improve the city’s financial...

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Mich. local officials' confidence in democracy in the state and country wanes, survey finds

Nov 20, 2021 Holland Sentinel

While Michigan local officials continue to express confidence in democracy's functioning in their own backyards, their confidence in democracy in the state and country has withered significantly over the past year, according to a...

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Mich. local officials' confidence in democracy in the state and country wanes, survey finds

Nov 20, 2021 Cheboygan Daily Tribune

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Mich. local officials' confidence in democracy in the state and country wanes, survey finds

Nov 20, 2021 Yahoo! News

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Mich. local officials' confidence in democracy in the state and country wanes, survey finds

Nov 18, 2021 Detroit Free Press

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U-M expert on redistricting: The road back and ahead

Nov 16, 2021 Michigan News, University of Michigan

The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission is nearing the end of its work to draft new maps in an effort to end partisan gerrymandering. The mission was straightforward—use an independent commission instead of the state legislature...

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Michigan's 'once in lifetime' $10B infrastructure boost faces challenges

Nov 16, 2021 The Detroit News

Washington — President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law the largest investment in the nation's infrastructure in decades, and Michigan will receive what one expert called a "once in a lifetime" boost of at least $10 billion for its highways,...

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Ivacko on federal infrastructure dollars in Michigan

Nov 15, 2021 The Detroit News

“The federal (infrastructure) funding is probably a once-in-a-lifetime lifeline, and it certainly is going to move the needle. But Michiganders need to understand that we have a long-term challenge. This federal money will last for a while, it will...

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Michigan governments sit on $11B from stimulus, as needs grow every day

Oct 25, 2021 Bridge Michigan

Battle Creek — Helping residents pay off nearly $2 million in delinquent utility bills. Expanding high-speed internet access. Making major repairs at a wastewater treatment plant. There’s no shortage of ideas on how to spend a $30.5 million...

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Study questions whether Michigan's newly proposed political maps will adequately represent Black voters

Oct 19, 2021 WKAR

Will maps newly proposed political maps adequately represent Black...

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Proposed draft maps for Holland-area House districts offer glimpse at potential 2022 lines

Sep 29, 2021 Holland Sentinel

Proposed State House district lines in Ottawa and Allegan counties would provide several changes from the current alignment, if the commission tasked with drawing the lines adopts a similar setup when proposed maps are voted on in...

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UM survey: State's local economies still struggling with COVID impacts

Sep 29, 2021 The Detroit News

Local governments in Michigan continue to struggle with the impacts of COVID-19 but at a lower rate than when the pandemic started in the spring of last year, according to a University of Michigan survey released...

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Michigan’s draft congressional maps reveal major shifts in representation

Sep 27, 2021 The Oakland Press

Michiganders are getting their first look at what congressional districts may look like for the next 10 years after several draft maps revealed big changes for residents and major shifts in...

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Michigan’s draft congressional maps reveal major shifts in representation

Sep 27, 2021 Macomb Daily

Michiganders are getting their first look at what congressional districts may look like for the next 10 years after several draft maps revealed big changes for residents and major shifts in...

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Michigan surpasses 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases since start of pandemic

Sep 22, 2021 Detroit Free Press

It's confirmed: More than one million Michiganders have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic last year, according to state health department...

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Five things for state leaders to consider at Mackinac Policy Conference

Sep 20, 2021 WWJ Newsradio 950

Pattie Vitale of WWJ Newsradio 950 interviews Tom Ivacko about the state's most pressing policy...

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U-M expert: Challenges abound as leaders assemble for Mackinac Policy Conference

Sep 20, 2021 Michigan News, University of Michigan

Many of Michigan’s business, political and academic movers and shakers are gathering this week for the annual Mackinac Policy Conference after the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of last year’s...

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Michigan’s new redistricting commission sued in anticipation of missing deadlines

Sep 14, 2021 Michigan Radio

The citizen-led commission in charge of drawing new political maps in Michigan is being sued because it’s unlikely to meet...

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The new battleground races - Republicans and Democrats gear up for intense campaigns for state-level secretaries of state

Aug 19, 2021 World

U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., has what must be considered a safe seat in Congress. In both 2018 and 2020, he won Georgia’s 10th Congressional District with more than 62 percent of the vote. But in 2022, Hice is giving up his House seat to run for a...

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U-M: Most local leaders in Michigan confident in efficacy, safety of COVID vaccines

Aug 17, 2021 WDIV ClickOnDetroit

The majority of local government officials in Michigan have expressed confidence in the effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 available to the public, according to a new survey by the University of...

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