By Jon King | News-in-Editor
Quoted and Noted
“I am on Team Fight. And I need someone with me who is on Team Fight.”
- U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, speaking at a joint town hall Saturday in Macomb County with Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, on why voters should select him over GOP nominee Mike Rogers.
Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed (left) gives a fist bump to U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) during a town hall event on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026, in Warren, Mich. (Screenshot courtesy of C-SPAN)
By Ben Solis
The importance of Macomb County to Michigan Democrats’ 2026 playbook was on full display Saturday as U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin joined U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed for a joint town hall event that focused on unity, bridging the divide between moderates and progressives, and the outsized impact county residents could have on the election.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announces $89 million in funding to clean up the Detroit and Kalamazoo rivers during an event on Belle Isle, Oct. 1, 2026. (Photo by Kyle Davidson/Michigan Advance)
By Kyle Davidson
DETROIT — Overcast skies and a sprinkling of rain that fell over Sunset Point on Belle Isle on Thursday afternoon failed to dim the excitement from government officials as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer joined the heads of the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy to announce a substantial investment into the cleanup of two major waterways.
Michigan Capitol building. (Photo by Susan J. Demas
By Katherine Dailey
Michigan Sen. Chedrick Greene (D-Saginaw) is no stranger to special state legislative elections — he took office in May as a result of one in the 35th Senate District.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
What is Michigan’s longest continuously operating municipal zoo?
Let us know @michiganadvance on Bluesky and check back in later today for the answer.
Friday's answer: Famed attorney Clarence Darrow came to Detroit in 1925 to defend Dr. Ossian Sweet after he was charged in the death of a man who tried to storm his house as part of a racist mob.
Source: https://www.detroithistorical.org
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