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A quarter of the Republicans in the Michigan state House signed a letter to Ron DeSantis asking him to run for president.

A letter to DeSantis was the first overt effort by GOP officials in the battleground state to urge someone else, other than Donald Trump, to run.

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A bill to set rigorous statewide standards for evaluating teachers was backed by Republicans and Democrats, as well as the governor. Standing in their way: state Sen. Phil Pavlov, who has his own ideas about what's best for teachers.

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...

May 4, 2021 ADA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A state lawmaker who crashed his vehicle in western Michigan has been arrested for driving while intoxicated. State Rep. Bryan Posthumus was arrested Friday and booked into the Kent County Correctional Facility, according to jail records. He had left his farm in Oakfield Township in a Jeep, which drifted off the road, hit a mailbox and rolled over, according to a news release issued late Saturday from the lawmaker’s office. Posthumus was taken to a h...

State Rep. Bryan Posthumus didn’t know Jeep rolled in drunken-driving crash, police say Updated May 03, 2021; Posthumus, 36, was arrested Friday, April 30, for allegedly operating while intoxicated. The crash happened just after 6 p.m. on McCabe Avenue NE near Four Mile in Ada Township – shortly after a witnessed reported a vehicle “all over the road, possibly intoxicated,” Deputy Matthew Rybar wrote in the report, released Monday, May 3, in response to a Freedom of Information request...

State Rep. Bryan Posthumus, 36, a first-term Republican representing Cannon Township, Michigan, was arrested Friday  He was leaving his familys farm in Oakfield Township, Michigan, when his Jeep went off the road. He hit a mailbox and his vehicle rolled over Tests showed Posthumus blood alcohol level was 0.13, more than the states legal limit of .08  He admitted to having a drinking problem and will begin Alcoholics Anonymous meetings immediately, citing a previous arrest for drunk driving in...

West Michigan Lawmaker Flips Jeep, Arrested For OWI West Michigan State Representative Bryan Posthumus is expressing regret and remorse after what appears to be a drunk driving accident on Friday. The representative, in his first term as the representative for the 73rd district, was arrested after his Jeep hit a mailbox and flipped over near his family home in Oakfield Township. When booked into the Kent County Correctional Facility, the lawmaker allegedly registered a .13 blood alcohol level,...

State Rep. Bryan Posthumus arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after rollover crash Updated 9:59 AM; KENT COUNTY, MI - State Rep. Bryan Posthumus was arrested Friday for suspicion of operating while intoxicated, according to a news release issued by a representative for the lawmaker. Posthumus, R-Cannon Township, crashed his Jeep while leaving his farm in Oakfield Township Friday evening, according to the Saturday, May 1 release, going off the road, hitting a mailbox and then rolling over i...