Woot woot! Happy to have Simon D. Schuster join our Capitol team with Lauren Gibbons and Jordyn Hermani (🔈: "Her-min-E”)

Judge Merchan has scheduled the next hearing on whether Trump violated his gag order for next Wednesday at 2:15 p.m. Trump was scheduled to hold a campaign event in Waukesha that afternoon and another in Freeland, Michigan that night. TBD how they change the schedule.

Southern Michigan dead wolf mystery deepens; records suggest it was trapped bridgemi.com/michigan-envir…

Trump to return to Michigan, plans rally in Saginaw County, a key battleground bridgemi.com/michigan-gover… via Bridge Michigan Gibbons!

BREAKING: A grand jury in Arizona has indicted 11 people who were allegedly part of a 'fake electors' scheme designed to give Arizona's 2020 electoral votes to former Pres. Donald Trump, who lost the state to President Joe Biden.

Trump returning to Michigan

Cooley Law School's two-year bar passage rate is the lowest in the country. It's seen enrollment fall by 90 percent. In 2022, it spent nearly 2% of its revenues on ex-President Don LeDuc's salary as dean emeritus. And it's looking for a comeback. mlive.com/public-interes…

Who’s running for Congress in Michigan? 6 incumbents face primary challengers, big general election fights ahead (with links to candidate information in all 13 races) bridgemi.com/michigan-gover… via Bridge Michigan Jordyn Hermani (🔈: "Her-min-E”) Lauren Gibbons

Former President Donald Trump an 'unindicted co-conspirator' in Michigan electors case, investigator testifies bridgemi.com/michigan-gover… via Bridge Michigan Jordyn Hermani (🔈: "Her-min-E”)

'Artsy blackout poetry'

BREAKING: Biden signs law requiring Bytedance to sell its TikTok stake or face a U.S. ban.

This starts the one year countdown, although lawsuits could also derail it. For now, the law is not expected to cause any immediate disruption. Story by Bobby Allyn npr.org/2024/04/24/124…

Howard Shock, an investigator with the MI Dept. of Attorney General, says there are a number of high-profile, un-indicted co-conspirators in the Michigan false electors investigation, including Trump, ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, ex-White House chief of staff.

Democrats ditching Whitmer plans for Michigan trash fee hike, EV rebates bridgemi.com/michigan-gover… via Bridge Michigan Gibbons!

GOP hopefuls Peter Meijer and Sandy Pensler have both filed signatures for Michigan's U.S. Senate race but aren't yet showing up on the state's unofficial candidate list. Meijer sent me this pic as confirmation:

Michigan ‘fake elector’ judge threatens contempt for witness intimidation bridgemi.com/michigan-gover… via Bridge Michigan Jordyn Hermani (🔈: "Her-min-E”)

Analysis: GM move from Ren Cen a ‘loser’ for Detroit coffers after subsidies bit.ly/4b6y0md

Oh, also this story features Bridge Michigan's first ever Instagram reel (!!)

w/ filming/editing by Asha Lewis 🎬

Six Michigan Republicans charged with participating in a plot to overturn then-President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss are due back in court this week as a judge considers whether to send them to trial.

Here's a Bridge Michigan refresher on the case: bridgemi.com/michigan-gover…

FAFSA fiasco leaves Michigan students, families in ‘anxiety inducing’ limbo bridgemi.com/talent-educati… via Bridge Michigan Isabel Lohman

An excellent journalist and colleague!