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A lawsuit has been filed to pressure Governor Gretchen Whitmer to call a special election for an open state Senate seat.

The Legislature already blew past a self-imposed deadline of passing a budget by July 1. But Whitmer says there's still plenty of time to reach a deal before the state's fiscal year ends.

What to make of a private meeting between Governor Whitmer and President Trump; from our friends at Interlochen Public Radio’s Points North, a microorganism that conducts electricity and what might happen if our devices were alive; and with Michigan Public’s own Beenish Ahmed, the short story collection about Muslim-American life that won her a Kresge Artist Fellowship.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer met privately with President Donald Trump last week to urge him to change course on tariffs that are having a big impact on automakers in her state.

The Democratic governor said she had no qualms about partnering with a Republican president with whom she once had a fractious relationship.

An open U.S. Senate seat, legislative inaction and the Whitmer/Trump relationship: The It’s Just Politics team takes stock of the first six months of 2025 with a look at the top three Michigan politics stories of the year so far.

Democrat Gretchen Whitmer touted her accomplishments as Michigan's governor as she passes the midpoint of her second term and is continuously floated as a potential 2028 presidential candidate.

New research on housing insecurity and Black women’s health, Governor Whitmer on her relationship with President Trump, two teens sentenced to five years for sneaking out of the house, and Dearborn thinks big about buffering industrial presence in residential areas.

Representative John James, a Republican who's running for governor, questioned why he would take “political advice” from current governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat.

President Donald Trump takes preemptive legal action against state climate change lawsuits and Attorney General Dana Nessel’s unrestrained reply. Plus, Governor Gretchen Whitmer says her political approach with Trump is showing results.