Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud says the city saw record-breaking midterm voter turnout during the recent midterm elections. He says it was in an effort to elect Abdul El-Sayed as the first Muslim U.S. Senator despite the heavy anti-Arab and anti-Muslim rhetoric surrounding his campaign.

Gongwer's Zach Gorchow joins Morning Edition to discuss swing districts, strategy in a lame-duck session, and when an election victory is actually a mandate.

NPR host Leila Fadel speaks with Abdullah Hammoud, the mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, about why his city turned out in record numbers to elect Abdul El-Sayed to the U.S. Senate.

Michigan's flu season got an early start this year, and health experts say nearly everyone should get a flu shot as soon as possible so their immune systems have time to gear up for possible exposure.

The midterm election coverage was inundated with talk of not just waves but potential tsunamis, none of which, of course, involved an inundation of water.

With Democrats controlling the state Senate, House, and the governor’s office, Michigan has a political trifecta. We discuss what that could mean for the state over the next couple of years. We also explore why a recently voter-approved ballot measure to keep corporate money out of political campaigns is facing a legal battle.And, ahead of Saturday’s Michigan State vs. Michigan game, we explore the history behind the rivalry.

University of Michigan economist Betsey Stevenson explains what Democrats' election victories could mean for inflation, AI, data centers, and Michigan's economy.

An evolving Michigan women's basketball team under coach Kim Barnes Arico shows defiance in a win over one of the nation’s best.

Pre-election polling suggests Michigan Arab and Muslim voters overwhelmingly backed Abdul El-Sayed for Senate. A researcher explains why and details political splits.

Michigan and Michigan State will play their annual rivalry football game on Saturday. Michigan Public's John U. Bacon discusses that, plus the Detroit Lions' next matchup.

Kim Barnes Arico has steadily built the Michigan women’s basketball program into a power. And now in her 15th season, the Wolverines have a signature win.

The 2026 midterm election went well. That is, the mechanics of collecting the votes, counting the votes, and reporting the votes seemed to be executed extremely well.

School enrollment was already expected to plunge by 2 million kids by 2030. Education experts say deporting immigrant families, many with school-age children, is making the crisis worse.

District leaders say the bond is one of the largest in state history. But they also say it comes after two decades of underspending on school infrastructure.

Michigan Election Protection Coalition and local officials are celebrating a successful midterm election, crediting it to the deployment of hundreds of trained volunteers and poll workers.

Democrats will be running both the Michigan House and Senate after big wins in this year’s election. They chose Rep. Ranjeev Puri as the next Speaker of the House.

Consumers Energy and DTE Energy filed a lawsuit in federal court on Thursday seeking a finding that Proposal 2, Money Out of Politics, is unconstitutional, and blocking it from taking effect.