Jack Lessenberry from Michigan Radio

Michigan Radio’s political analyst Jack Lessenberry talks about the mysterious case of Charles Pugh, and the meaning of the Fourth of July.

Governor Rick Snyder wants voters to put pressure on their state senators to vote on Medicaid expansion. Jack Lessenberry, Michigan Radio’s political analyst, has been thinking about his tactics.

Former Wayne County Prosecutor Mike Duggan has been knocked off Detroit’s mayoral primary ballot, but he is determined to win with a write-in effort. Michigan Radio’s political analyst Jack Lessenberry thinks that may be difficult indeed.

We’re almost halfway through the year. Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry thinks we’ve already had enough news to last us a long time.

Two weeks ago, a technicality forced Mike Duggan to end his attempt to become Detroit’s next mayor. But Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry thinks there is a way he can still accomplish that goal, and more. 

The U.S. Supreme Court made two landmark decisions this week.  Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry has been thinking about how they are likely to affect our state.

You know by now that the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act yesterday. But what you may not know is this: That act was passed by Congress back in 1965 because a white woman from Detroit gave her life in the struggle for civil rights.

The saying is that money is the mother’s milk of politics. But Michigan Radio’s political analyst Jack Lessenberry says a new report shows that increasingly, we don’t even know where the vast sums designed to influence our leaders and judges comes from.

Democrats have already united around a candidate for governor next year, and that man, Mark Schauer, is leading in some opinion polls. But most voters still know little about him.  Michigan Radio’s political analyst Jack Lessenberry had a conversation with the candidate.

It was a week packed with news, from the Medicaid issue in Lansing to the mayor's race in Detroit.  Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry reflects.

The Michigan Senate refused to act on the Medicaid expansion and adjourned yesterday, despite the governor’s pleas not to do so. Michigan Radio's  Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry has been thinking about what this means.

After two courts ruled him off the ballot, Mike Duggan ended his campaign for mayor of Detroit yesterday. Jack Lessenberry, Michigan Radio’s senior political analyst, has been thinking about the implications.

Can a city that’s in financial trouble force employees and retirees to take smaller pension benefits than they think they’ve legally got coming? Jack Lessenberry, Michigan Radio’s political analyst, says the agonies of Detroit may produce an answer.

Though it has attracted little notice, the ACLU has filed a lawsuit claiming the way Right to Work was enacted last December was illegal. Jack Lessenberry, Michigan Radio’s political analyst, thinks there are important principles at stake here.

For months, Republicans have been waiting to see if Congressman Mike Rogers gets in to next year’s race for the U.S. Senate. Jack Lessenberry, Michigan Radio’s political analyst, thinks they may have a stronger candidate.