Delegates find upcoming party conventions expensive affairs
This month’s Republican and Democratic National Conventions are big parties. But they’re expensive parties for the participants. Charles Niswander is a Bernie Sanders delegate. He’s looking forward to...
View ArticleRepublicans poised to take up party platform
This weekend, Michigan delegates to the Republican National Convention get to work on the party’s national platform. This will be Meshawn Maddock’s first convention as a delegate. At the state party...
View ArticleWeek in Review: One party convention down, one to go
This Week in Review , Rebecca Kruth and Jack Lessenberry wrap up the Republican National Convention and look toward Philadelphia where the Democratic National Convention is set for next week. Kruth and...
View ArticleMichigan congresswoman says DNC chair had to go
Michigan Congresswoman Debbie Dingell says Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz needed to resign her job. Revelations that the DNC under Wasserman-Schultz’ leadership tried...
View ArticleBernie Sanders supporters heartbroken and defiant
Tammie Lewis sat in her seat crying as Bernie Sanders finished his speech to the Democratic National Convention last night. Sanders spoke about what the campaign had achieved. Lewis could only think of...
View ArticleHillary Clinton may have to fight to keep union voters
Union members have been a key voting demographic in Michigan for decades. Historically, they’ve been a reliable voting bloc for Democrats. But in 2016, the Trump campaign hopes to change that. Hillary...
View ArticleDetroit's mayor hopes to strike a different tone in his speech to the DNC
Detroit’s mayor says he plans to strike a very different tone in his speech to the Democratic National Convention this week than the tone at last week’s Republican National Convention. Mayor Mike...
View ArticleState party chair to Sanders delegates: No booing tonight, please
The head of Michigan’s Democratic Party is asking his delegates to not boo speakers at tonight’s Democratic National Convention. Monday, it seemed whenever Bernie Sanders supporters were booing DNC...
View ArticleFormer Gov. Jennifer Granholm sees a united Democratic Party, eventually
Former Governor Jennifer Granholm says tonight’s roll call vote will give Bernie Sanders supporters a chance to heal. Sanders delegates booed the mention of Hillary Clinton’s name during the first day...
View ArticleState house leader expects unhappy Sanders supporters will vote for other...
A top state official does not expect divisions over the Democratic Party’s pick for president will affect the party’s chances of winning control of the state house in November. This could be a pivotal...
View ArticleIt’s hard to be ‘Bernie or Bust’ if Bernie (Sanders) is not ‘Bernie or Bust’
The division between supporters of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in Michigan’s delegation to the Democratic National Convention is getting noticed. Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison...
View ArticleMayor Weaver to DNC ‘I am a voice for Flint….and we need your help’
Flint’s lead tainted drinking water has been a crisis for more than a year. Now it’s also national political issue. Flint Mayor Karen Weaver strode to the podium at the Democratic National Convention...
View ArticleDetroit Mayor to DNC - 'Our city's recovery is fueled by a renewed spirit of...
Mayor Mike Duggan talked about Detroit’s recovery (and took a shot at Donald Trump) during last night’s Democratic National Convention. Mayor Duggan used his time at the podium to tout Detroit’s...
View ArticleBernie Sanders makes pitch directly to Michigan DNC delegates
On the final day of the Democratic National Convention, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders met with Michigan delegates, where he talked about Flint water and Donald Trump. The crowd in the overflowing hotel...
View ArticleMichigan woman brings minimum wage issue to DNC
A Detroit home care worker stood in the spotlight at tonight at the Democratic National Convention. Henrietta Ivey works two minimum wage jobs. She brought her campaign to raise the minimum wage to the...
View ArticleFormer Gov. Granholm: "We have to stop Donald Trump"
Speaking at last night’s Democratic National Convention, former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton understands what the U.S. needs. “Our next president...
View ArticleAuchter's Art: That's the mayor of Detroit?
In her later years, my wife's grandmother suffered from dementia. She was the same extraordinarily sweet, wonderful person she had always been, but her short-term memory faded and her filter...
View ArticleFor Michigan Democrats - Now What?
The head of Michigan’s state Democratic Party says his party is largely unified coming out of this week’s Democratic National Convention. State chairman Brandon Dillon spent a lot of time during the...
View ArticleWrapping up the DNC: The high points and work left to do
Michigan Radio’s Steve Carmody has had a busy two weeks. He covered the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this week, after covering the Republican National Convention in Cleveland last...
View ArticleWeek in Review: The DNC wraps up and Michigan gets ready for a primary
This Week in Review , Jack Lessenberry and Rebecca Kruth talk about the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, and whether mentions of the Flint water crisis this week were political fodder....
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