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Craig Mauger

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State Politics Reporter at Detroit News

Covers state government and politics in Michigan for @detroitnews. Email is [email protected].

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  • 1 week ago | detroitnews.com | Craig Mauger |Beth LeBlanc

    Lansing — Republican former House Speaker Lee Chatfield and his wife will face trial on felony charges related to the alleged misuse of non-profit money. Chatfield's case, which includes 13 counts, was bound over for trial in circuit court Friday by Ingham County District Judge Molly Hennessey Greenwalt. The case against his wife, Stephanie, was bound over on two felony charges.

  • 1 week ago | gazettextra.com | Craig Mauger

    MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. - U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, a Republican from Holland, said Thursday that he's considering running for the U.S. Senate in 2026 and could announce his campaign as soon as this summer. "I want to make sure we win," Huizenga told reporters at the Detroit Regional Chamber's Mackinac Policy Conference. "I want to make sure we've got the right candidate to do that. Personally, I think it should have been won last election."Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.

  • 1 week ago | thederrick.com | Craig Mauger

    MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, a Republican from Holland, said Thursday that he's considering running for the U.S. Senate in 2026 and could announce his campaign as soon as this summer. "I want to make sure we win," Huizenga told reporters at the Detroit Regional Chamber's Mackinac Policy Conference. "I want to make sure we've got the right candidate to do that.

  • 1 week ago | kdhnews.com | Craig Mauger

    MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. - U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, a Republican from Holland, said Thursday that he's considering running for the U.S. Senate in 2026 and could announce his campaign as soon as this summer. "I want to make sure we win," Huizenga told reporters at the Detroit Regional Chamber's Mackinac Policy Conference. "I want to make sure we've got the right candidate to do that. Personally, I think it should have been won last election."Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.

  • 1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Craig Mauger |Grant Schwab

    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would “take a look at” pardoning two men convicted of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. Barry Croft Jr. and Adam Fox were portrayed by federal prosecutors as the leaders of anti-government extremists who wanted to grab Whitmer, a Democrat, at her vacation home and start a civil war — a revelation made in October 2020 during the stretch run of the election between Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden.

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