New: Michigan judge quickly rejects RFK Jr. attempt to get off the ballot after nomination. "Elections are not just games, and the Secretary of State is not obligated to honor the whims of candidates for public office."

Tom Barrett and Curtis Hertel are eyeing a mid-Michigan congressional seat but voters have their eyes on something else: Inflation. (Bridge Michigan) bridgemi.com/michigan-gover…

Big news at Bridge Michigan !

Michigan used to shut down its worst nursing homes. Then it stopped. mlive.com/public-interes…

This is belated but Michigan House candidates, today is the post-primary campaign finance filing deadline. Here is a spreadsheet of their filings: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

If you were wondering if Oakland Co Prosecutor Karen McDonald was carving a new path for mass shooting prosecutions…

NEW: Michigan Court of Appeals panel grants RFK Jr.'s request to remove his name from the Michigan ballot

Some stakes for tonight’s debate:

New: The investigation into MI Rep. Neil Friske has been referred to the Attorney General "based on potential crimes in multiple county jurisdictions," Ingham County Prosecutor John Dewane said in an email. Background: bridgemi.com/michigan-gover…

Speaking now on abortion, Bridge Michigan also broke down where President Donald Trump, Vice Presidential Kamala Harris and other Michigan candidates stand -- and stood -- on the topic bridgemi.com/michigan-gover…

Watch the debate on CBS, and Sandals Resorts playing Bob Marley during the commercial break is smart advertising. Quite a balm.

Harris cycles through facial expressions reacting to Trump's answers. Trump has mostly stood stone-faced. It's a lost opportunity for him.

Amazing public service work by Bridge Michigan's Robin Erb Ron French and Mike Wilkinson to uncover how more than 100 local governments in Michigan have spent their #opioidsettlement funds: bridgemi.com/michigan-healt…

This is one of many small but deeply touching stories of the humanity that emerged from the September 11th attacks, but it's one I keep returning to. newyorker.com/magazine/2002/…

INBOX: former President Donald Trump is coming to Flint, Michigan Tuesday for a town hall. Arkansas Gov. (and former WH press secretary) Sarah Huckabee Sanders will moderate

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, has arrived in Lansing

Greeting Walz was congressional candidate Curtis Hertel, Lansing Mayor Andy Schor, a pastor and a teacher’s union official.

Tim Walz talks Midwest nice in Michigan: Don’t mistake ‘kindness for weakness’ bridgemi.com/michigan-gover… via Bridge Michigan Simon D. Schuster