Tea Party

Fourteen candidates to fill an open Michigan House seat are scheduled to appear at a debate Friday evening in Lapeer County, including the man who…

“The Establishment Strikes Back” could be a very apropos title for the latest episode of the Todd Courser-Cindy Gamrat saga.That’s the one where…

Michigan's Republicans held their winter convention this weekend. Ronna Romney McDaniel was elected as the new Michigan GOP chair after former chair Bobby…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan Republican Party Chairman Bobby Schostak is not seeking another two-year term, which means someone else, will lead the…

This Week in Michigan Politics, Emily Fox and Jack Lessenberry discuss what could happen to the state Legislature after the election, possible surprises…

Republicans and Democrats held their state party conventions over the weekend.The GOP met in the Detroit suburb of Novi. Democrats were in Lansing. Their…

It looks likely there will be more Tea Party Republicans in the Legislature next year. And one of the likely new tea partiers in the state House says they…

They used to say that the definition of a recession was when your neighbor lost his job, and a depression was when you lost yours.Well, after this week’s…

Update: 1:25 PM, Monday, May 5th, 2014 Well, blow the “trumpet of shame” on us. Right after we predicted here that the prospective challengers to…

There was an interesting article this week in The New York Times with a strong focus on politics in Michigan. It dealt with a particular aspect of the…