Spiraling Up: Michigan in the Grip of COVID
Wash your hands, wear a mask, stay socially distant. We’ve heard this time and time again, but the number of new COVID-19 cases is climbing a dizzying spiral. Today we’re taking a look at the spread o...
13 Nov 202018min
Trump Supporters Hang Their Hopes on Flurry of Lawsuits
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has filed more than a dozen lawsuits in Michigan that aim to stave off the state’s certification of election results. The campaign’s attorneys have mostly focused ...
12 Nov 202018min
After a Mixed Election Day, What’s Next for the Michigan GOP?
Michigan and other key swing states that delivered Donald Trump the presidency in 2016 swung back to blue this year. But like it or not, Donald Trump has changed what it means to be a Republican. So w...
11 Nov 202016min
Which Voters Turned Out For the 2020 Election in Michigan?
The real star of this year’s election in Michigan might be the voters. A historic turnout resulted in some small, but significant, shifts in voters' presidential choices. Today, we dig into what the d...
10 Nov 202019min
As COVID-19 Cases Rise, Hotspots Emerge in West Michigan and the U.P.
Michigan’s COVID-19 totals are surging again—this time in West Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. In Kent County, hospitalizations have increased and test positivity rates have reached nearly 12% at th...
9 Nov 202019min
A Bipartisan Take on the Election
We’re all paying a lot of attention to Detroit’s vote right now—and for good reason. But there’s more than one ingredient to Biden’s win in Michigan, including the county that flipped on the west side...
6 Nov 202020min
Counting Votes in Detroit
At the TCF Center in Detroit on Wednesday, hundreds of election workers were tabulating ballots. Election observers and poll challengers were inside to watch the work. But there was also a group of un...
5 Nov 202016min
A Michigan Election Like No Other
As Election Day turns into days, the presidential race is still too close to call. Michigan was predicted to be a focal point of this election, along with Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, and that predicti...
5 Nov 202018min
