Party on the Peninsulas with Curtis Hertel Jr.

Hope is Not a Choice (Guests: Senator Jeremy Moss, 58th District Nominee Katrina Manetta)

This Week… Senate Democrats Take Steps to Protect Michigan Voters, Pass Michigan Voting Rights Act Senate Democrats Continue Affordability Push With Bills to Crack Down on Price Gouging Star-studded opening for Obama library in Chicago delivers implied rebuke to Trump The Guardian Obama opens his center with a warning about America’s future POLITICO In the News Michigan Politics and Policy Slotkin Leads Purple State Senators on Bill to Stop Trump from Using Military or Federal Law Enforcement to Interfere with Elections | Senator Slotkin Michigan election critics push for investigations ahead of 2026 voted | Detroit News Michigan Democrats Allege ‘Dark Money’ Group Violated TV Ad Rules | NOTUS — News of the United States Dana Nessel: ICE to offload Romulus warehouse eyed as future detention center | Bridge Michigan Ex-House Speaker’s Wife Admits To Embezzling From Political Fund | MIRS News House Speaker Matt Hall, ex-Gov. Rick Snyder at odds over Gordie Howe bridge | Detroit News Michigan Senate Democrats push for stricter data center energy, worker rules | Bridge Michigan DeSana Calls Fellow House Republicans ‘Scumbags,’ ‘Swamp Rats’ In Leaked Recording | MIRS News Mike Rogers’ cyber fortune could haunt his Senate campaign | Detroit Metro Times Mike[...]

Energy Inflation (Guests: Representative Erin Byrnes)

This Week… Consumers Energy to seek $456M electric rate hike Detroit Free Press Michigan House Democrats new legislation aimed at utility affordability and ratepayer protection Price Hike Mike website turns Rogers’ own words against him Detroit Metro Times In the News Michigan Politics and Policy Comment Ascribed To Whitmer In Viral Data Center Video Disputed | MIRS News PriceHikeMike | Michigan Democratic Party As energy prices rise, Senate candidates clash over clean power future | Bridge Michigan Canada Built a New Bridge From Ontario to Detroit. Trump Refuses to Open It. | The American Prospect House Speaker Matt Hall threatens budget stall over impasse with Senate Dems | Bridge Michigan Republicans Block Slotkin Amendments to Protect Elections from Illegal Military Interference – Senator Elissa Slotkin Michigan lawmakers seek to stop plan to turn warehouse into ICE detention center | mlive.com Michigan suspends Antrim County clerk’s voter roll privileges | Votebeat Peters for (at least) interim MSU president makes sense  | Kyle Melinn – Lansing City Pulse Gary Peters for president of Michigan State? Here’s what he’s saying | Detroit News Sen. Sam Singh proposes new plan for overhauling university boards | Detroit News Rx Kids fact check: No tax money[...]

No Distractions: It’s The Economy, Donald! (Guest: Jesse Lee, Climate Power Michigan)

This Week… Trump Announces $700 Million Taxpayer Dollars for Coal Slush Fund | Public Citizen Opinion: Trump’s coal initiative smacks of central planning The Washington Post Federal Pause Of Renewable Energy Grants Could ‘Financially Ruin’ MI Farmers MIRS News In the News Michigan Politics and Policy Attorney General Memorandum: Election Statutes, Enforcement Trump administration investigating potential noncitizen voters in Macomb County | Votebeat Rx Kids fact check: No tax money for undocumented moms, no spending limits | Bridge Michigan Consumers Energy to seek $456M electric rate hike | Detroit Free Press Sen. Sam Singh proposes new plan for overhauling university boards | Detroit News Debbie Stabenow not interested in being MSU’s interim president | Detroit News Could Whitmer Change Her Mind On MSU Prez Job? | MIRS News You can’t handle a little critique? You’re not the leader MSU needs | Kyle Melinn/Lansing City Pulse State legislators push back against sanctions on MSU trustees | Lansing State Journal Rx Kids faces scrutiny from GOP lawmakers as study shows health gains | Detroit Free Press As energy prices rise, Senate candidates clash over clean power future | Bridge Michigan Michigan Senate Poll | Lake Research Partners Abdul El-Sayed nabs UAW endorsement[...]

Priorities for 2026 and Beyond

This Week… Gov. Whitmer Delivers Final Keynote Address at Mackinac Policy Conference on Collaboration and Choosing Michigan Executive Office of the Governor Mackinac Policy Conference updates: Michigan universities, Chinese cars Detroit News In the News Michigan Politics and Policy No Duggan = Gov. Benson in partisan repeat | Kyle Melinn/Lansing City Pulse Mike Rogers Said He Loved DOGE After Michigan Families Were Hurt By Funding Cuts | MeidasTouch Matt Hall Wants to Tax Your Weekend | Michigan Democratic Party Judge orders former GOP legislative aide to stand trial in Michigan earmark embezzlement case | Bridge Michigan Rep. Barrett claimed enough campaign driving to circle Earth once — and then some | Detroit Metro Times Bid to reshape how cash flows in Michigan politics submits petitions | Detroit News Michigan regional unemployment rates decrease during April | Michigan Dept. of Technology, Management and Budget Opinion: Rick Snyder’s Flint water crisis legacy isn’t a ‘witch hunt’ | Nancy Kaffer/Detroit Free Press Michigan lawmakers propose letting voters decide on AG, SOS candidates | Detroit Free Press Kevin Guskiewicz’s exit a blow to MSU, which loses momentum and more | Lansing State Journal MSU sanctions 2 trustees who refused to sign controversial board rules Why Michigan[...]

Duggan: Out! (Guest: Representative Penelope Tsernoglou)

This Week… Tsernoglou Removed From Committees, In Hot Water With GOP MIRS News Tsernoglou ‘Done Asking’ Hall For Vote On Epstein-Interlochen Committee MIRS News In the News Michigan Politics and Policy OPINION: Mike Duggan’s Michigan independent governor bid was a non-starter | Nancy Kaffer/Detroit Free Press OPINION: The GOP owns Trump’s inflation, debt and war machine | Former Michigan GOP Chair Rusty Hills via Detroit Free Press Mike Rogers Said He Loved DOGE After Michigan Families Were Hurt By Funding Cuts | MeidasTouch Rep. Barrett claimed enough campaign driving to circle Earth once — and then some | Detroit Metro Times Michigan Battles Trump Over His Order to Keep an Old Coal Plant Running | The New York Times Michigan lawmakers propose letting voters decide on AG, SOS candidates | Detroit Free Press Michigan House OKs $5B property tax cut without replacement revenue | Detroit Free Press Michigan childcare program could be in danger in current budget season | Detroit Free Press Facing intense internal pressure, DNC releases postelection autopsy | AP News Weekend Rebrand Rush: John James Campaign Scrambles to Swap “Governor” for “Michigan” After Perry Johnson Court Win | Michigan News Source Michigan governor hopeful got $800k Bitcoin[...]