BREAKING: Ottawa Impact is going to lose its board majority in Ottawa County. Even if all four OI Republicans who won their primaries (Moss, Rhodea, Miedema and Wenzel), they will only have 4 out of 11 seats on the @miottawa board of commissioners.

Michigan Democrats energized for Kamala Harris, Tim Walz visit to metro Detroit freep.com/story/news/pol… via Paul Egan & Susan Tompor & John Wisely

Two important Detroit Free Press stories on Detroit and transparency: 1. I examine the Duggan admin's initial refusal to hand over a litany of records to the Board of Ethics, before relenting. We also look at the watchdog potentially sharpening its teeth freep.com/story/news/loc… via Detroit Free Press

2. And today, Dana Afana reviews the investigations into a controversial city leader that the Duggan administration both refused to provide records for (at first) then urged the Board of Ethics to close freep.com/story/news/loc…

Kilpatrick said in a Monday radio interview he has an ability to detect political candidates who have been cheating on their wives. #Detroit freep.com/story/news/pol…

We've seen the Trump campaign -- which exclusively did giant rally events in Michigan this cycle until Harris' entry -- turn toward these smaller-format events in recent weeks. The Biden-turned-Harris campaign has done the opposite, trending from smaller to larger formats.

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer a 'rock star' in Chicago as she revs up Democratic delegates freep.com/story/news/pol… via Detroit Free Press

Gov. Governor Gretchen Whitmer is walking into rooms at DNC to rock star treatment, and taking the main stage later tonight. Her strategy? "I'm just being me," she told Todd Spangler. freep.com/story/news/pol…

Trump 'admires dictators a lot,' Slotkin says in DNC speech focused on national security freep.com/story/news/pol… via Detroit Free Press

NEW MICHIGAN POLL: Trump up 1 point on Harris, within the margin of error freep.com/story/news/pol… via Todd Spangler & Detroit Free Press

Harris' selection as Democratic nominee has put Michigan back in the extremely competitive column; remember that our last poll, released on the day Biden dropped out, had Trump up 7 points on Biden.

The inmates at Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility say they are suffering. The mostly female corrections officers who work there say they are suffering, too. #prison

I have literally written about U.S. Savings Bonds, including I Bonds for decades. News you won’t see elsewhere yet: You soon won't be able to get paper bonds with your tax refund freep.com/story/money/pe… via Detroit Free Press ⁦Ken Tumin⁩

Great to be on Here & Now with Deepa Fernandes, Scott Tong and Emily Lawler today as we talked about the week in politics in Georgia and Michigan, including Vice President Kamala Harris' CNN interview and campaign stops in Georgia. Here & Now #mipol #gapol wbur.org/hereandnow/202…

ICYMI: 'It's off the chain’: Officers, inmates detail rising violence at Michigan women's prison freep.com/story/news/loc…… via Detroit Free Press

Exciting news: I’ll be on Reddit, Inc. today to answer any and all questions related to my Detroit Free Press investigative reporting on unfixed safety defects in cars and trucks on the road. Check it out here! reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment…

With all the advice I got in journalism school, I wish someone had said the friendships you make as a woman with other women in journalism are ironclad. I think it would’ve helped to know that despite a lot of ugliness in this industry, you find some phenomenal people

Awkward family political dynamics coming soon to a Thanksgiving table near you (and maybe also one near Tim Walz and/or in Nebraska). Great read from Sam Woodward & Maya Marchel Hoff for USA TODAY. usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

I oh-fish-ally shouldn't weigh in on which sticker I like best. I'm not casting around for the coolest design, or saying which of these would be the best catch. I wouldn't dream atrout it.