Detroit elects seven of its nine City Council members from districts. Twenty individuals are seeking those seven seats in the ...

The candidates include state lawmakers, retired police officers and two former council members who are seeking another term ...

Triumph Church pastor Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr. has been endorsed by The Black Slate Inc., a group that has been endorsing ...

A Detroit playground became a scene of tragedy as 4-year-old Samir Grubbs was killed and 18-year-old Daviyon Shelmonson-Bey ...

The Detroit Free Press Editorial Board is endorsing the following candidates.

When an assassin visited the homes of two Minnesota lawmakers Saturday, it exposed the long-standing tension between a public official’s accessibility and their security.

It started, as controversies involving Kwame Kilpatrick often do, with a text message. "I was just calling to give my official apology and eat crow," state Rep. Karen Whitsett wrote in a text that ...

It started, as controversies involving Kwame Kilpatrick often do, with a text message. "I was just calling to give my official apology and eat crow," state Rep. Karen Whitsett wrote in a text that ...

State Rep. Karen Whitsett revealed why she refuses to caucus with the Democrats for the 2025-2026 legislative session during "The Faulkner Focus" Thursday.

Michigan Democratic state Rep. Karen Whitsett said she would not caucus with her party because it continues to use the “same rhetoric that lost them the race.” Whitsett is the latest state ...

Anger among Democrats at the actions of state Rep. Karen Whitsett (D-Detroit) is nothing new, but any discussion of recalling her from office appears to be a nonstarter because of ...

Karen Whitsett spoke warmly of working with Donald Trump to advance an agenda touching issues such as infant mortality, justice reform, and public safety.