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This is what functioning civic infrastructure looks like.
Our BASF coverage didn't just inform—it created pressure that forced enforcement action.
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Our BASF coverage didn't just inform—it created pressure that forced enforcement action.
Story → Investigation → Action → Response → Change
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November 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This is what functioning civic infrastructure looks like.
Our BASF coverage didn't just inform—it created pressure that forced enforcement action.
Story → Investigation → Action → Response → Change
Your NewsMatch investment (2X thru Dec 31) builds this capacity.
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Our BASF coverage didn't just inform—it created pressure that forced enforcement action.
Story → Investigation → Action → Response → Change
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LEDE: The Democratic-led Michigan Senate has forced two longtime GOP staffers out of their jobs over their ties to a petition-gathering firm they founded two years earlier, a move that Republican Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt is calling a "witch hunt."
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
2 Michigan Senate staffers forced out over campaign work, a move called a 'witch hunt'
The departures of Jeff Wiggins and Meghan Reckling represented a shakeup in the state Legislature's upper chamber.
www.detroitnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
LEDE: The Democratic-led Michigan Senate has forced two longtime GOP staffers out of their jobs over their ties to a petition-gathering firm they founded two years earlier, a move that Republican Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt is calling a "witch hunt."
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
Lansing is Broken
Michigan Advance’s Senior Reporter @bensolis1.bsky.social got the ball rolling on bringing to light this arrangement that wasn’t just unethical, but also broke legislative rules.
Ironically, those two things aren’t always the same.
Ironically, those two things aren’t always the same.
The move comes after Michigan Advance reported that Victory Field Operations was doing consulting work for the gubernatorial campaign of U.S. Rep. John James while one of its founders worked as press secretary for Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt.
From Ben Solis
From Ben Solis
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Lansing is Broken
Great work. Still waiting on comprehensive budget analysis. And the PFAS cover-up is waiting to have its bubble burst.
Today’s @detroitnews.com is jam-packed with 40 staff or local freelancer bylines.
Try finding another regional metropolitan newspaper in the country with that much local content.
Subscribing to read the e-edition is just $1 for the first month.
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Try finding another regional metropolitan newspaper in the country with that much local content.
Subscribing to read the e-edition is just $1 for the first month.
tinyurl.com/SubscribeToT...
October 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Great work. Still waiting on comprehensive budget analysis. And the PFAS cover-up is waiting to have its bubble burst.
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Wayne County judge upholds injunction that bars waste shipments with elevated radiation from Army Corps sites to the Wayne Disposal landfill: planetdetroit.org/2025/10/judg...
Wayne Disposal fails to loosen court order blocking Manhattan Project waste shipments
A Wayne County judge rejects amendments to an injunction blocking radioactive waste shipments to Wayne Disposal landfill in Wednesday hearing.
planetdetroit.org
October 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Wayne County judge upholds injunction that bars waste shipments with elevated radiation from Army Corps sites to the Wayne Disposal landfill: planetdetroit.org/2025/10/judg...
Fat Bear Week explore.org/fat-bear-week @jonkingnews.bsky.social
Fat Bear Week 2025
Fat Bear Week 2025
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September 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Fat Bear Week explore.org/fat-bear-week @jonkingnews.bsky.social
Lansing is broken.
NEW: Michigan lawmakers gave $35M to aid a politically connected housing development in Washtenaw County.
It's not enough.
The latest @detroitnews.com report on how legislative earmarks get spent:
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
It's not enough.
The latest @detroitnews.com report on how legislative earmarks get spent:
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
Lawmakers gave $35M to aid politically connected development. It's not enough
Salem Township needs at least $20 million more than the $35 million already allotted to secure wastewater infrastructure for a development.
www.detroitnews.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Lansing is broken.
Lansing Regulation is broken. And widespread over most industries where government intervenes to protect the public from market abuse. Big fail.
New Jersey-based auto insurer is accused of taking Michigan customers' vehicles, then denying their damage claims
New reporting from me on the mounting complaints and lawsuits against CURE Auto Insurance:
www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
New reporting from me on the mounting complaints and lawsuits against CURE Auto Insurance:
www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
This auto insurer is accused of taking customers' vehicles, then denying their claims
A New Jersey auto insurance company has racked up dozens of complaints with state regulators since entering Michigan's auto insurance market in 2021.
www.detroitnews.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Lansing Regulation is broken. And widespread over most industries where government intervenes to protect the public from market abuse. Big fail.
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In 1990, Kyrgyz writer Chinghiz Aitmatov popularized the term "mankurt": a former human with an enslaved mind.
Big Tech wants to make us mankurts and AI is their weapon.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/soul-strip...
Big Tech wants to make us mankurts and AI is their weapon.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/soul-strip...
August 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
In 1990, Kyrgyz writer Chinghiz Aitmatov popularized the term "mankurt": a former human with an enslaved mind.
Big Tech wants to make us mankurts and AI is their weapon.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/soul-strip...
Big Tech wants to make us mankurts and AI is their weapon.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/soul-strip...
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Runoff from Wayne Disposal, if not fully contained and treated onsite, could flow into county drains and bodies of water like Belleville Lake, says Wayne County circuit judge. planetdetroit.org/2025/08/wayn...
Judge blocks shipment of Manhattan Project radioactive waste to Wayne County landfill
A court order stops radioactive waste shipments to Wayne Disposal in a move public officials praise as a health and safety victory.
planetdetroit.org
August 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Runoff from Wayne Disposal, if not fully contained and treated onsite, could flow into county drains and bodies of water like Belleville Lake, says Wayne County circuit judge. planetdetroit.org/2025/08/wayn...
Wasteful. Lansing is broken.
ICYMI - @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social reported Thursday that Michigan education officials are pushing back on a $500K report commissioned by the state education department, especially to its recommendation to give the governor power to appoint State Board of Education members.
Report commissioned by Michigan Department of Education ruffles feathers with education officials • Michigan Advance
A recent report commissioned by the Michigan Department of Education has state education officials raising their eyebrows over recommendations that the governor should play a greater role in shaping K...
michiganadvance.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Wasteful. Lansing is broken.
Are state regulators back in the office yet?
Michigan agency signs costly lease with political donor less than two blocks away from Cadillac Place, a massive state-owned office complex that is largely vacant www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Rent roundabout: Snubbing cheaper options, state agency lands in political donor's space
Michigan Rehabilitation Services is moving to a building owned by a political donor, rejecting advice to stay put or move to a state-owned building.
www.freep.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Are state regulators back in the office yet?
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I joined Susan Demas earlier today for a discussion at @lincolnsquare.media on Gov. Whitmer and her curious approach to a second Trump term as well as the race for Michigan governor.
@sjdemas.bsky.social
www.lincolnsquare.media/p/is-whitmer...
@sjdemas.bsky.social
www.lincolnsquare.media/p/is-whitmer...
Is Whitmer a 2028 Contender? You Need to Watch Michigan | Jon King joins Susan J. Demas
Let’s face it.
www.lincolnsquare.media
July 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I joined Susan Demas earlier today for a discussion at @lincolnsquare.media on Gov. Whitmer and her curious approach to a second Trump term as well as the race for Michigan governor.
@sjdemas.bsky.social
www.lincolnsquare.media/p/is-whitmer...
@sjdemas.bsky.social
www.lincolnsquare.media/p/is-whitmer...
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Court records describe dramatic scene as agents search Lansing HQ of Michigan Economic Development Corporation www.freep.com/story/news/p... #migov
MEDC, AG fight over documents obtained in search warrant
A lawyer for the MEDC said the agency has cooperated with a state investigation. A lawyer for the Attorney General’s office pushed back on the claim.
www.freep.com
July 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Court records describe dramatic scene as agents search Lansing HQ of Michigan Economic Development Corporation www.freep.com/story/news/p... #migov
Terrorists infiltrating on Jobbie Nooner party boats!!!
The Mardi Gras-like 'Jobbie Nooner,' which isn't a formally organized event, claims it is one of the world's biggest boat parties. U.S. law requires that a vessel be reported upon entering the country. www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
U.S. border officials warn Michigan's 'Jobbie Nooner' attendees to report boats - UPI.com
U.S. border officials issued a reminder on Tuesday to foreign arrivals bound for Michigan's upcoming "Jobbie Nooner" boating event that federal law requires vessels to be reported upon entering the co...
www.upi.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Terrorists infiltrating on Jobbie Nooner party boats!!!
Lansing is hopelessly broken.
Michigan lawmakers' personal financial disclosures lacking in details:
- Only 29% went beyond the minimum requirements in listing lobbyist gifts;
- 2 of the 3 lawmakers who reported free tickets didn't detail what they were;
- Many discrepancies. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
- Only 29% went beyond the minimum requirements in listing lobbyist gifts;
- 2 of the 3 lawmakers who reported free tickets didn't detail what they were;
- Many discrepancies. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
Michigan lawmakers' personal disclosures often leave out key details
Multiple Michigan lawmakers reported getting tickets to events but didn't say what the events were or how much they were worth, a News review found.
www.detroitnews.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Lansing is hopelessly broken.
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Michigan Attorney General's Office raids state economic development headquarters in Lansing www.freep.com/story/news/p...
AG raids state economic development offices in Lansing
There was no overt police presence outside the Lansing offices early in the afternoon, but a guard said all MEDC employees had left the building.
www.freep.com
June 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Michigan Attorney General's Office raids state economic development headquarters in Lansing www.freep.com/story/news/p...
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UPDATE: Michigan Economic Development Corp. employees had their phones confiscated by agents for Attorney General Dana Nessel
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
via @detroitnews.com
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
via @detroitnews.com
Nessel serves MEDC with search warrant; state agency calls it 'unwarranted and unnecessary'
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's office confirmed that agents executed search warrants at the downtown Lansing headquarters of the MEDC.
www.detroitnews.com
June 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
UPDATE: Michigan Economic Development Corp. employees had their phones confiscated by agents for Attorney General Dana Nessel
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
via @detroitnews.com
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
via @detroitnews.com
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U.S. Correspondent Lauren Tomasi has been caught in the crossfire as the LAPD fired rubber bullets at protesters in Los Angeles.
via @9newsaus.bsky.social
via @9newsaus.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
U.S. Correspondent Lauren Tomasi has been caught in the crossfire as the LAPD fired rubber bullets at protesters in Los Angeles.
via @9newsaus.bsky.social
via @9newsaus.bsky.social
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'No one will know': Records reveal secret money flowing through Lansing
Some surprising names among the donors to a 501(c)(4) group that Senate Republicans used to conceal donors to the Unlock Michigan campaign:
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
Some surprising names among the donors to a 501(c)(4) group that Senate Republicans used to conceal donors to the Unlock Michigan campaign:
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
'No one will know': Records reveal secret money flowing through Lansing
Court records show how money from wealthy executives secretly flowed to a fundraising account for Michigan Senate Republicans in 2020.
www.detroitnews.com
June 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
'No one will know': Records reveal secret money flowing through Lansing
Some surprising names among the donors to a 501(c)(4) group that Senate Republicans used to conceal donors to the Unlock Michigan campaign:
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
Some surprising names among the donors to a 501(c)(4) group that Senate Republicans used to conceal donors to the Unlock Michigan campaign:
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
Benson refuses to even count the number of elected officials she certifies as SOS. FOIA's returned "not my job". If you don't even know how many elections you oversee......you are not serious about your job. Not even close to leadership material.
Mackinac Insider: Democratic governor hopeful pledges to voluntarily comply with FOIA
Mallory McMorrow credits Lucido for Act 51 crusade
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan moving on from I-375 debate
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
Mallory McMorrow credits Lucido for Act 51 crusade
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan moving on from I-375 debate
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
Mackinac Insider: Democratic governor hopeful pledges to voluntarily comply with FOIA
Michigan is currently one of only two states that exempt the governor and members of the Legislature from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
www.detroitnews.com
June 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Benson refuses to even count the number of elected officials she certifies as SOS. FOIA's returned "not my job". If you don't even know how many elections you oversee......you are not serious about your job. Not even close to leadership material.
Benson would not fulfill a simple FOIA asking how many elected offices in Michigan her office certifies. Probably embarrassed. But when you either can't or won't take a head count of the elections your are responsible for. Disingenuous.(lawyers word)
Mackinac Insider: Democratic governor hopeful pledges to voluntarily comply with FOIA
Mallory McMorrow credits Lucido for Act 51 crusade
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan moving on from I-375 debate
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
Mallory McMorrow credits Lucido for Act 51 crusade
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan moving on from I-375 debate
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
Mackinac Insider: Democratic governor hopeful pledges to voluntarily comply with FOIA
Michigan is currently one of only two states that exempt the governor and members of the Legislature from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
www.detroitnews.com
June 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Benson would not fulfill a simple FOIA asking how many elected offices in Michigan her office certifies. Probably embarrassed. But when you either can't or won't take a head count of the elections your are responsible for. Disingenuous.(lawyers word)
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Pro-Palestinian messages left at scene of flower vandalization at University of Michigan gardens, UM police say
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
Pro-Palestinian messages left at scene of flower vandalization, UM police say
No suspects have been identified and no one has taken credit for the incident, UM police said, "though some papers were left behind."
www.detroitnews.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Police, audience members clash at chaotic Flint City Council meeting
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
Police, audience members clash at Flint council meeting
Spectators got into a shoving match with police during a chaotic city council meeting Monday evening in Flint.
www.detroitnews.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Police, audience members clash at chaotic Flint City Council meeting
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
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Michigan law isn't always written by state lawmakers. Here's why that can be a problem www.freep.com/story/news/p... #mileg #migov
State law isn't always written by Michigan lawmakers. Here's why that can be a problem.
Michigan lawmakers sometimes delegate lawmaking powers to the executive branch of government, or even to private groups. That's not always legal.
www.freep.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Michigan law isn't always written by state lawmakers. Here's why that can be a problem www.freep.com/story/news/p... #mileg #migov