Michelle Obama to Flint: "Let's Move!"
Flint is planning a major, new community wide effort to encourage fitness as it joins Michelle Obama's "Let's Move!" anti-obesity campaign. Flint is the 500th local community to join the First Lady’s...
View ArticleCommentary: Watching the conventions
I grew up a pathetic political junkie of the worst kind. I've been avidly watching and occasionally attending conventions since I was eight years old. I was so pathetic that I would rather have watched...
View ArticleStateside for Monday, July 8th, 2013
Canada is dumping its garbage in Michigan. We took a look at why it's so cheap to haul trash over the border and the political reasons making it hard to stop.And, the rise of the pop-up: Why temporary...
View ArticleMichigan kid wins lunch at the White House with his pizza pocket recipe
If you have ever visited the White House, you know it's an exciting memory you always treasure.But how many of us can say we not only visited the White House, we were invited to have lunch with the...
View ArticleFirst Lady to campaign for Michigan Democrats this week
First Lady Michelle Obama will be in Michigan on Friday.She'll be campaigning for Democratic candidates.The White House says the First Lady will appear at a campaign event in Detroit on Friday. She’ll...
View ArticleJeb Bush to campaign for Michigan GOP candidates
Another big name Republican is coming to Michigan to get out the vote. Former Florida governor and potential future presidential candidate Jeb Bush is scheduled to make a whirlwind swing through...
View ArticleMichelle Obama urges Detroiters, Democrats to vote: "When we stay home, they...
First Lady Michelle Obama headlined a campaign event for Michigan Democrats in Detroit Friday.The First Lady got a warm, energetic reception from the crowd at the Detroit Music Hall.She encouraged them...
View ArticleMore political heavyweights in Michigan, poll updates and 11th hour campaign...
This Week in Michigan Politics, Emily Fox and Jack Lessenberry discuss what it means for Michigan when big name politicians campaign for local candidates, the outlook for the state’s major races, and...
View ArticleCan visits from political heavyweights tip the scale in elections?
We’re edging ever closer to the Novemberelection and across the country big names in politics have been visiting states to drum up support for different candidates.Here in Michigan we’ve had visits...
View ArticleFirst Lady tells college-bound Detroit students, "If I can do it, so can you"
First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to more than 2,000 Detroit students as part of the city's first College Signing Day.Students from more than 40 Detroit high schools came to hear Obama speak about the...
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