Topline A federal judge sentenced a leader of the failed plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to 19 years and seven months in prison on Wednesday, the longest sentence imposed in the investig...
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How Gretchen Whitmer Became An Outlier Among Democratic Governors
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Twenty eight of the nation’s 50 governors are Republicans and 22 are Democrats. Wi...
Two Men Convicted In Attempted Kidnapping Of Michigan Governor Whitmer
Topline A jury convicted two men Tuesday for plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) in 2020, part of what prosecutors have described as a larger domestic terrorist plan to set off a...
New Trial Ordered In Whitmer Kidnapping Case
Topline A federal judge on Thursday ordered a new trial for the two alleged ringleaders of a 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), nearly three months after a jury deadlocked over ch...
Clean Energy Jobs Are Booming, Making Up For Rising Fossil Fuel Unemployment
Memo to job-seekers: The United States’ clean energy industry is hiring, faster than the overall national economy, and it’s paying above-average wages. The 2022 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEE...
Two Acquitted In Whitmer Kidnapping Plot Trial, Mistrial Declared For Other Two
Topline A jury on Friday acquitted two Michigan men who were accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), according to multiple reports, and failed to reach a unanimous verdict fo...
Michigan Gov. Whitmer, Planned Parenthood Sue Over State’s 90-Year-Old Abortion Ban In Case Roe V. Wade Is Overturned
Topline Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) and Planned Parenthood filed two separate lawsuits Thursday in an effort to block the state’s decades-old abortion ban—which will go back into effect if the ...