
Michael Kransz
Environment and County Reporter at MLive
Reporter at Grand Rapids Press
News reporter @GRPress and @MLive
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4 days ago |
mlive.com | Michael Kransz
The billionaire DeVos family is throwing its financial weight behind a new political organization aimed at turning Michigan into a Republican stronghold. The Michigan Forward Network will be led by former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel as CEO and focus on helping Michigan Republicans win. “Michigan is at a tipping point,” said Dick DeVos.
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1 week ago |
mlive.com | Michael Kransz
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she hopes President Donald Trump doesn’t pardon the men who plotted to kidnap her. “No one should hesitate to condemn political violence, whether it is aimed at my good friend Josh Shapiro, the horror that played out at their residence in Pennsylvania, or it is the man who shot Donald Trump, or it is the people that threatened me. It’s unacceptable,” Whitmer said Thursday. “And so it is my hope that he doesn’t go forward with that.
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1 week ago |
mlive.com | Michael Kransz
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said America’s northern neighbor and second-largest trading partner will always have some level of tariffs imposed on its goods under the Trump administration. “I think the president has made it very clear that there will be tariffs for every country wanting to do business in the United States,” Hoekstra said Wednesday.
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1 week ago |
mlive.com | Michael Kransz
Every Michigan high school graduate could receive a $5,500 a year scholarship to attend an in-state university, and K-12 schools would receive 25% more funding for each student. Those are two major education proposals announced Wednesday by House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, at the Mackinac Policy Conference on Mackinac Island.
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1 week ago |
mlive.com | Michael Kransz
New polling shows a majority of Michigan voters approve of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s common ground approach with President Donald Trump. As a result, her approval rating is the highest in years. Polling released last week by Impact Research showed Whitmer has a 63% positive job rating, with 90% of Democrats, 66% of independents and 35% of Republicans approving of her work.
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Marquay McCoy, the 20-year-old convicted of murdering MSU student Dominique Nolff, today was sentenced to 32-48 years in prison. @thesnews

Crews removing the plastic-mesh barriers around landscaping at Cedar Village. @thesnews http://t.co/O8MEM0W0dW