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Schuette calls for resignation of lieutenant governor candidate Gilchrist over blighted house

By Steve Neavling on October 13, 2018 Headline, Politics

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Schuette called Saturday for the resignation of Garlin Gilchrist II, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, over the conditions of his blighted apartment building in Detroit.

Whitmer’s lead for governor, calls for fire commissioner’s removal, food stamps: Your Thursday morning briefing

By Steve Neavling on October 4, 2018 Morning Briefing

Gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer maintains a strong lead; the head of the Detroit firefighters union is calling for the commissioner to be fired over bizarre new policy; and bad news for unemployed people hoping to get food assistance.