Chad Livengood
@chadlivengood.bsky.social
Politics Editor & Columnist at The Detroit News
clivengood@detroitnews.com
https://www.detroitnews.com/staff/9891415002/chad-livengood/
clivengood@detroitnews.com
https://www.detroitnews.com/staff/9891415002/chad-livengood/
Hey #LoveLansing, here's the profile you've been waiting for about Big Penny:
"A Bud Light semi was crumpled like an empty beer can. A fifth-wheel camper got lodged in the bridge's maw..."
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"A Bud Light semi was crumpled like an empty beer can. A fifth-wheel camper got lodged in the bridge's maw..."
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November 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hey #LoveLansing, here's the profile you've been waiting for about Big Penny:
"A Bud Light semi was crumpled like an empty beer can. A fifth-wheel camper got lodged in the bridge's maw..."
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
"A Bud Light semi was crumpled like an empty beer can. A fifth-wheel camper got lodged in the bridge's maw..."
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
Under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the Michigan Economic Development Foundation has raised record funding — and many of the charity’s board members got access to state officials empowered to hand their companies billions in tax incentives.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the Michigan Economic Development Foundation has raised record funding — and many of the charity’s board members got access to state officials empowered to hand their companies billions in tax incentives.
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The U.S. Treasury's homepage has a partisan message at the top about the federal government shutdown:
"The radical left has chosen to shut down the United States government in the name of reckless spending and obstructionism. ..."
"The radical left has chosen to shut down the United States government in the name of reckless spending and obstructionism. ..."
October 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The U.S. Treasury's homepage has a partisan message at the top about the federal government shutdown:
"The radical left has chosen to shut down the United States government in the name of reckless spending and obstructionism. ..."
"The radical left has chosen to shut down the United States government in the name of reckless spending and obstructionism. ..."
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.
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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.
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October 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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.
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Another epic touchdown celebration pose by Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown.
(Cake makers, this image was captured by Detroit News photographer Robin Buckson. Please give her full credit.)
Full photo gallery here:
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(Cake makers, this image was captured by Detroit News photographer Robin Buckson. Please give her full credit.)
Full photo gallery here:
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October 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Another epic touchdown celebration pose by Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown.
(Cake makers, this image was captured by Detroit News photographer Robin Buckson. Please give her full credit.)
Full photo gallery here:
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(Cake makers, this image was captured by Detroit News photographer Robin Buckson. Please give her full credit.)
Full photo gallery here:
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Eastown Distributors, a Highland Park-based beer distributor, rolling out the new Yuengling truck for the arrival of cans, bottles and kegs of beer from America’s oldest brewery to America’s 10th most populous state.
August 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Eastown Distributors, a Highland Park-based beer distributor, rolling out the new Yuengling truck for the arrival of cans, bottles and kegs of beer from America’s oldest brewery to America’s 10th most populous state.
I've been saying for a while that President Trump has a 1978 Cadillac Eldorado view of the domestic auto industry and how it functions (profitably) today.
However, this is not Detroit steel.
It's a Soviet-era Russian car.
However, this is not Detroit steel.
It's a Soviet-era Russian car.
August 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I've been saying for a while that President Trump has a 1978 Cadillac Eldorado view of the domestic auto industry and how it functions (profitably) today.
However, this is not Detroit steel.
It's a Soviet-era Russian car.
However, this is not Detroit steel.
It's a Soviet-era Russian car.
Headlines:
Democrats press Trump officials for 'large-scale' effort to address Gaza starvation
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Trump caps his Scottish visit by opening a new golf course
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Democrats press Trump officials for 'large-scale' effort to address Gaza starvation
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Trump caps his Scottish visit by opening a new golf course
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July 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Headlines:
Democrats press Trump officials for 'large-scale' effort to address Gaza starvation
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Trump caps his Scottish visit by opening a new golf course
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Democrats press Trump officials for 'large-scale' effort to address Gaza starvation
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
Trump caps his Scottish visit by opening a new golf course
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Front page of today’s Detroit News (tinyurl.com/2rxdr7dt)
July 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Front page of today’s Detroit News (tinyurl.com/2rxdr7dt)
July 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
July 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Here is today's @detroitnews.com front page:
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June 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Here is today's @detroitnews.com front page:
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Most Gannett newspapers went with the 'OBLITERATED' headline in today's editions, quoting President Trump's claim that the bombing raid he ordered in Iran wiped out the country's nuclear facilities.
June 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Most Gannett newspapers went with the 'OBLITERATED' headline in today's editions, quoting President Trump's claim that the bombing raid he ordered in Iran wiped out the country's nuclear facilities.
Hillsdale Hospital CEO unloads on fellow Republicans in Congress for trying to cut Medicaid to help fund Trump tax cuts: "This notion that Medicaid is for the lazy or those that are refusing to work isn't true.”
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June 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Hillsdale Hospital CEO unloads on fellow Republicans in Congress for trying to cut Medicaid to help fund Trump tax cuts: "This notion that Medicaid is for the lazy or those that are refusing to work isn't true.”
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Good morning, Michigan.
June 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Good morning, Michigan.
Mackinac Policy Continues attendees:
Hand your unused horse taxi tickets to any taxi driver by the ferry docks. They’re the equivalent of a nice cash tip for them.
#MPC25
Hand your unused horse taxi tickets to any taxi driver by the ferry docks. They’re the equivalent of a nice cash tip for them.
#MPC25
May 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Mackinac Policy Continues attendees:
Hand your unused horse taxi tickets to any taxi driver by the ferry docks. They’re the equivalent of a nice cash tip for them.
#MPC25
Hand your unused horse taxi tickets to any taxi driver by the ferry docks. They’re the equivalent of a nice cash tip for them.
#MPC25
JUST IN: Eggs are less likely to crack when dropped on their side, according to science
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May 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
JUST IN: Eggs are less likely to crack when dropped on their side, according to science
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer reenacted how she covered her face inside the Oval Office last Wednesday while speaking at the Detroit Economic Club.
“I just wrote a book about learning to laugh at yourself. So I’m pretty good at it," she said.
Photos + story: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
“I just wrote a book about learning to laugh at yourself. So I’m pretty good at it," she said.
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April 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer reenacted how she covered her face inside the Oval Office last Wednesday while speaking at the Detroit Economic Club.
“I just wrote a book about learning to laugh at yourself. So I’m pretty good at it," she said.
Photos + story: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
“I just wrote a book about learning to laugh at yourself. So I’m pretty good at it," she said.
Photos + story: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
The New York Times has published a new image of Gov. Whitmer in the Oval Office.
Objectively, it’s astonishing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...
Objectively, it’s astonishing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...
April 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The New York Times has published a new image of Gov. Whitmer in the Oval Office.
Objectively, it’s astonishing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...
Objectively, it’s astonishing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...
SPLIT SCREEN: In politics, you can control the message one minute and be powerless in the next.
April 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
SPLIT SCREEN: In politics, you can control the message one minute and be powerless in the next.
This Whitmer speech was filled with messaging to an audience of one: Donald Trump.
She embraces "strategic" tariffs & re-industrialization, taking on China.
She talked about VP Vance recently visiting Bay City.
She touts businessman Roger Penske, a Trump ally.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
She embraces "strategic" tariffs & re-industrialization, taking on China.
She talked about VP Vance recently visiting Bay City.
She touts businessman Roger Penske, a Trump ally.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
April 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This Whitmer speech was filled with messaging to an audience of one: Donald Trump.
She embraces "strategic" tariffs & re-industrialization, taking on China.
She talked about VP Vance recently visiting Bay City.
She touts businessman Roger Penske, a Trump ally.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
She embraces "strategic" tariffs & re-industrialization, taking on China.
She talked about VP Vance recently visiting Bay City.
She touts businessman Roger Penske, a Trump ally.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
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April 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The desktop version of detroitnews.com is being repaired.
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This chart from the White House of alleged tariff rates from other countries is not accurate and highly misleading.
These aren’t actual tariff rates charged by other countries, @taxfoundation.bsky.social senior economist
Alan Cole writes in a must-read analysis.
taxfoundation.org/blog/trump-r...
These aren’t actual tariff rates charged by other countries, @taxfoundation.bsky.social senior economist
Alan Cole writes in a must-read analysis.
taxfoundation.org/blog/trump-r...
April 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This chart from the White House of alleged tariff rates from other countries is not accurate and highly misleading.
These aren’t actual tariff rates charged by other countries, @taxfoundation.bsky.social senior economist
Alan Cole writes in a must-read analysis.
taxfoundation.org/blog/trump-r...
These aren’t actual tariff rates charged by other countries, @taxfoundation.bsky.social senior economist
Alan Cole writes in a must-read analysis.
taxfoundation.org/blog/trump-r...
27 staff bylined articles in today’s @detroitnews.bsky.social.
An exceptional value for $3.49 on newsstands.
Don’t miss this Luke Ramseth report on to pros companies hire to manage tariff “chaos.” tinyurl.com/5n99tcuc
An exceptional value for $3.49 on newsstands.
Don’t miss this Luke Ramseth report on to pros companies hire to manage tariff “chaos.” tinyurl.com/5n99tcuc
March 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
27 staff bylined articles in today’s @detroitnews.bsky.social.
An exceptional value for $3.49 on newsstands.
Don’t miss this Luke Ramseth report on to pros companies hire to manage tariff “chaos.” tinyurl.com/5n99tcuc
An exceptional value for $3.49 on newsstands.
Don’t miss this Luke Ramseth report on to pros companies hire to manage tariff “chaos.” tinyurl.com/5n99tcuc
Cool moon photo from Detroit News assistant multimedia editor @andymorrisondn.bsky.social of a plane leaving Detroit Metro Airport this morning.
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Full gallery of blood moon photos here: www.detroitnews.com/picture-gall...
March 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Cool moon photo from Detroit News assistant multimedia editor @andymorrisondn.bsky.social of a plane leaving Detroit Metro Airport this morning.
Full gallery of blood moon photos here: www.detroitnews.com/picture-gall...
Full gallery of blood moon photos here: www.detroitnews.com/picture-gall...