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Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out whats clicking on Foxnews.com. The reelection campaign of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is warning in a new fundraising letter that the Democrat faces a 2022 challenge from Republican Betsy DeVos, who served as U.S. education secretary under former President Trump. But the Whitmer message "may be playing fast and loose with the truth," one political watcher observed this week, because DeVos has made no public announcements about a gubernatorial ...

Chief who for what? Those are legitimate questions for those who don’t live in Detroit. You see, Detroit Police Chief James Craig, who has been the top cop in Motown since 2013 and had 28 years under his holster on the L.A. Police Department, decided to retire. The word is that the current Democratic mayor, Mike Duggan, decided to go in a new direction, as they say, so the chief “retired.” So, with nothing else to do, he’s running for governor. And this is not some whimsical fancy. A ke...

New nonprofit teases possible gubernatorial run from conservative media personality Tudor Dixon Updated May 07, 2021; Posted May 07, 2021 Tudor Dixon speaks to a crowd of conservatives from the "Trump Unity Bridge" during a rally on May 1, 2021 in Walker, Mich. (Hope Davison | MLive.com) Facebook Share A new nonprofit filing hints conservative media personality Tudor Dixon could be the next candidate to jump into Michigan’s gubernatorial race. Dixon, who lives in West Michigan, is a conserv...

Grand Rapids moves forward with amphitheater planned along Grand River Commissioners passed an option agreement allowing for the sale of city property to the Grand Rapids-Kent County Convention/Arena Authority. Author: Emma Nicolas Updated: 11:56 PM EST February 9, 2021 City-owned property along the Grand River could be sold and become the site of a 14-thousand seat amphitheater under an agreement passed unanimously by Grand Rapids commissioners Tuesday.  The Gr...

AP Education Writer President Joe Biden’s nominee for education secretary is promising to help reopen schools but says much of the hardest work will come after that as schools try to address long-standing disparities worsened by the pandemic. “These inequities will endure, and prevent the potential of this great country, unless tackled head-on,” Miguel Cardona said in testimony prepared for a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing Wednesday. “And so it is our res...

In Senate hearing, Cardona vows to tackle problems in education worsened by virus   In Senate hearing, Cardona vows to tackle problems in education worsened by virus   FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2020, file photo President-elect Joe Bidens nominee for Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona speaks at The Queen Theater in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) February 03, 2021 04:46PM By Collin Binkley, Associated Press President Joe Biden’s nominee for education secretar...

Conn. education head Miguel Cardona, nominee for US education secretary, vows to tackle problems worsened by coronavirus By Collin Binkley Associated Press,Updated February 3, 2021, 1:51 p.m. Email to a Friend Education Secretary nominee Miguel Cardona testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.SUSAN WALSH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images President Joe Biden’s nominee for education secretary is promising...

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out whats clicking on FoxNews.com. Rep. Peter Meijer, the new GOP congressman from West Michigans 3rd Congressional District, grew up watching "The Daily Show" when comedian Jon Stewart would roast lawmakers for their hypocrisy by contrasting their past comments with videos of their new change of heart. Meijer was turned off by how politicians principles could be so squishy that they could condemn a president for doing something, but four years lat...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer posted two photos on social media this week to taunt her political opponents. | Politics

Betsy DeVos, the West Michigan political force who rose to education secretary, late Thursday became the latest high-profile resignation among presidential appointees, saying President Donald Trump incited a mob that invaded the Capitol on Wednesday."We should be highlighting and celebrating your Administrations many accomplishments on behalf of the American people," DeVos wrote in a letter to the president. "Instead we are left to clean up the mess caused by violent protesters ov...