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  • 1 week ago | michiganpublic.org | Zoe Clark |Rick Pluta

    Hi! You're reading the It's Just Politics newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the It's Just Politics podcast for all the political news you need each week. The annual Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference is an annual exercise in political, informational, boozy and caloric excess, so we’re going to stay away from the near-futile task of summing it all up here.

  • 1 week ago | michiganpublic.org | Zoe Clark |Rick Pluta

    The annual Mackinac Policy Conference is underway. Put together by the Detroit Regional Chamber, more than 1,500 business leaders, lawmakers, lobbyists, and philanthropists are meeting on Mackinac Island to discuss policy - and politics. In preparation for the conference, commissioned by the Chamber, the Glengariff Group released new polling highlighting the race for Michigan’s next governor and U.S. Senator.

  • 2 weeks ago | michiganpublic.org | Zoe Clark |Rick Pluta

    Hi! You're reading the It's Just Politics newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the It's Just Politics podcast for all the political news you need each week. The contretemps between state House Republicans and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson shows no signs of abating. The House GOP adopted a resolution this week to hold Benson in contempt for failing (or refusing) to provide election-related materials on their timetable.

  • 2 weeks ago | michiganpublic.org | Zoe Clark |Rick Pluta

    Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is not having a great week. The office of the state Attorney General issued a determination on Monday that Benson violated the state’s campaign finance law when she held a press conference in a state-owned building after launching her campaign for governor.

  • 3 weeks ago | wmuk.org | Zoe Clark |Rick Pluta

    Hi! You're reading the It's Just Politics newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the It's Just Politics podcast for all the political news you need each week. In seafaring, headwinds are a force pushing against the direction you want to go. The economic headwinds in Michigan appear to be building as the Legislature pushes into what’s supposed to be the final stretch of the budget season.

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Zoe Clark
Zoe Clark @ZoeMichigan
30 Apr 25

We had @CraigDMauger here for one It's Just Politics today (and it was great)! Also @rickpluta talks with Gov Whitmer about Selfridge and her "it's complicated" relationship w the president. Tune in today at 3:40p on @michigan_public or subscibe wherever you get your podcasts.

Craig Mauger
Craig Mauger @CraigDMauger

"We had Mauger here for one week. It was horrible." - Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall at his weekly press conference this morning

Zoe Clark
Zoe Clark @ZoeMichigan
16 Apr 25

Busy It's Just Politics today with @rickpluta: @jaydeboyer1 and @AghoghoEdevbie on House Oversight subpoenas and @Mike_Cox on his #MIgov2026 bid. Listen live at 3:40p on @michigan_public or catch the podcast https://t.co/WPT5erjscR

Zoe Clark
Zoe Clark @ZoeMichigan
14 Apr 25

RT @nickrmanes: Detroit @MayorMikeDuggan this morning at @freep event on why he's running for governor: "All you have to do is look at what…