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Johnson critical of Benson for sending absentee ballot applications

By John Sammon | Jul 23, 2020

Michigan Sen. Ruth Johnson (R-Holly), in an opinion piece in The Detroit News, criticized Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson for sending out absentee ballot applications that Johnson said don’t require signatures verifying authenticity.

Rep. Albert says revisions to stay-at-home order are the right thing to do

By John Sammon | May 16, 2020

Rep. Thomas Albert (R-Lowell) said easing restrictions to Michigan’s stay-at-home order recently enacted by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are the right thing to do, but he called on her to ease more restrictions so the state can get back to normal.

Poll: Michigan residents want trained, certified teachers in classrooms

By John Sammon | Jan 23, 2020

According to a poll conducted by Bridge, Michigan residents want certified classroom teachers rather than the increasing glut of substitute teachers that they believe has impacted the state’s school systems for the worse.