By Ben Solis | Senior Reporter
Quoted and Noted
“There’s no one person who is responsible for where the department is right now. So I think that a change in the director is important, but I also don’t think that just going down the current rank and file is where the next person would need to come from.”
- State Rep. Laurie Pohutsky, D-Livonia, on the need for new leadership at the Michigan Department of Corrections.
Michigan Department of Corrections office in Lansing. (Photo by Jon King/Michigan Advance)
By Katherine Dailey
No matter who becomes governor in January, Michigan’s next administration will face a major corrections problem. Prison advocates and corrections union leadership might generally have very different perspectives on what changes are needed within the state’s prisons.
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U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Charlotte, left, and Democratic nominee for U.S. House William Lawrence, right, face off in their first head-to-head debate at WKAR’s studios in East Lansing, Mich., on Oct. 6, 2026. (Photo by Andrew Roth/WKAR-MSU)
By Ben Solis
The reelection campaign of Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett and the progressive insurgency of Democratic nominee Will Lawerence came to a head Tuesday during the first — and potentially last — debate featuring the candidates in this year’s contest for Michigan 7th Congressional District.
Democratic gubernatorial nominee and Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, left, stands with with Rep. John James, R-Mich, Republican gubernatorial candidate during a televised debate on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, at WOOD-TV, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, Pool)
By Katherine Dailey
GRAND RAPIDS – The relationship between Michigan and the federal government — especially when it comes to the tariffs levied by the Trump administration — was central throughout the first general election debate of Michigan’s gubernatorial election between Democrat Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Republican U.S. Rep. John James (R-Shelby Township) on Tuesday night.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
West Fort and Shelby streets in Detroit is the approximate location of what historic structure?
Let us know @michiganadvance on Bluesky and check back in later today for the answer.
Tuesday's answer: On Oct. 6, 1975, a crowd of 80,642 watched the Detroit Lions lose to the Dallas Cowboys, 36–10, in the first regular-season game played at the Pontiac Silverdome.
Source: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/
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