EM law opposition confident

Detroit — While state officials weigh an emergency manager for the city, a petition drive to derail the intervention will culminate next Wednesday when organizers deliver more than 215,000 signatures in Lansing.

Texas maverick Ron Paul makes mark on GOP race

When Ron Paul attended high school in a small town outside of Pittsburgh, the GOP presidential candidate was a track star who broke records and landed the title of state champion.

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Poll: Santorum surges, Obama leads Republicans

Washington— A surging Rick Santorum is running even with Mitt Romney atop the Republican presidential field, but neither candidate is faring well against President Barack Obama eight months before Americans vote, a new survey shows.

GOP hopefuls hone strategies

Political watchers will be glued to the Arizona debate tonight, but attention will shift swiftly back to Michigan.

GM to Gingrich: You can put a gun rack in a Volt

Washington — General Motors Co. launched a new blog Tuesday, and responded to Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s suggestion the Chevrolet Volt is an “Obama car.”

GOP optimistic in heavily Dem Oakland County state House district

Pontiac — A Republican teacher will battle a longtime Democratic county commissioner at the polls Tuesday to fill a vacant state House seat.

Feingold's book recalls Levin in the not-so-swinging nineties

Former Sen. Russ Feingold, a Democrat from Wisconsin, chronicles a difficult stretch in U.S. history, spanning the impeachment of President Clinton in 1999, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the war in Iraq in his new book "While America Sleeps."

Geithner: Obama seeks 28% corporate tax rate

Washington— Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the current business tax system is bad for business and for job creation and says a plan by President Barack Obama to reduce corporate tax rates would make the tax system more globally competitive.

Mitt Romney sticks to message on economy

Shelby Township — Trying to stay focused on jobs and the economy, Mitt Romney was pulled into a discussion of social issues at a town hall meeting Tuesday.

Arizona finally gets GOP candidates’ attention

Mesa, Ariz.— Rick Santorum is looking for another upset or two, while Mitt Romney is hoping to keep his leading rival at bay in the run-up to the 20th debate of the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

High Court will review affirmative action limits in Texas case

Washington — The Supreme Court is setting an election-season review of racial preference in college admissions, agreeing Tuesday to consider new limits on the contentious issue of affirmative action programs.

Court: Rights don’t have to be read to prisoners

Washington— The Supreme Court said Tuesday investigators don't have to read Miranda rights to inmates during jailhouse interrogations about crimes unrelated to their incarceration.

Santorum hits social issues hard in west Michigan

After a 35-minute riff on economic issues, Rick Santorum paused in his fiery speech to a west Michigan crowd Monday to talk about something “very important” — the demise of traditional marriage.

Board suggests Michigan environmental rules overhaul

Gov. Rick Snyder's advisory panel on reshaping the state's environmental regulations released Tuesday recommendations that amount to a major overhaul for how the Department of Environmental Quality does business.

Paul to stop at CMU, Dearborn, releases ad slamming Santorum

GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul will campaign with students and doctors before Michigan's primary next Tuesday at two more events, campaign officials ...

Supreme Court to take new look at affirmative action

Washington — The Supreme Court will once again confront the issue of race in university admissions in a case brought by a white student denied a spot at ...

Gingrich says as president he’ll shrink Washington’s role

Oklahoma City— A once-powerful Washington figure himself, Newt Gingrich says he'd shrink the role of the nation's capital if sent back as president. ...

Obama to Congress: 'Keep going' on economy front

Washington — Relishing a political victory, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Congress "did the right thing" by extending payroll tax cuts for ...

Santorum super PAC returned big foreign donation

Washington— A super political action committee supporting Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has refunded a $50,000 donation from a London- ...

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Super PACs linked to Romney, Gingrich raise $17M

Washington — A pair of “super” political action committees supporting top Republican presidential candidates spent nearly $24 million in January, drawing upon ...

Democrats watch, wait amid GOP fray

As just about every available second of television ad time on Michigan’s airwaves is snatched up by Republican candidates ahead of Tuesday’s presidential ...

Snyder OKs counties dissolving road commissions

Lansing— Gov. Rick Snyder has signed legislation that will allow county boards of commissioners to dissolve and take over duties of county road ...

Fact Check: Artful swerves on the auto bailout

Washington — Michigan has become squirm central for Republican presidential candidates who are trying to explain their opposition to the auto bailout ...

Santorum says he was an outsider inside Congress

Phoenix— Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum says he was an outsider while inside Congress, a lawmaker who attacked corruption from within. ...

Michigan bill would ban some grad student unions

Lansing— A Republican-led Senate panel has approved a bill to block unionization by graduate student research assistants at public universities.

Drunken driving arraignment waived for lawmaker

East Lansing — An attorney for state Rep. Bob Genetski has waived the lawmaker's arraignment on a drunken driving charge.

Gingrich perseveres in tough GOP campaign

Michigan’s primary is eight days away and opponents Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum have each made multiple appearances in the state with more scheduled; Newt ...

Auto bailout back to haunt Romney or help him

As Congress and the White House scrambled in the fall of 2008 to confront the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression, Mitt Romney felt ...