The stage is set. Gilchrist vs Forlini for secretary of state. Savit vs Lloyd for attorney general.

Inbox: Haley Stevens Barnstorms with Democrats at the Michigan Democratic Party Convention Stevens sends the release after being booed by a very progressive showing at the convention.

I love state government.

Long live LIVE news! WLNS is the only TV station in the Lansing/Jackson market that airs a live local news program on weekend mornings.

Inbox: Jason Tunney, the Republican candidate for the state Senate District 35 special election on May 5, has officially filed his candidacy for the November general election as well.

New: A lawsuit claims that a Lansing school district ignored years of warnings leading up to the sexual assault of a first grader on a school bus. www.wlns.com/news/local-n...

#TheMoment: @curtisherteljr.bsky.social says Democrats will lose the youth vote if they don't fixate on affordability this election season. Watch the full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TPL...

#MISen Q1 fundraising numbers: McMorrow raises the most in Q1, Rogers' campaign holds a slim cash advantage. www.wlns.com/your-local-e...

NEW: Abdul El-Sayed, Mallory McMorrow are locked in a two-way tie for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat. Haley Stevens trails at 13%. www.wlns.com/your-local-e...

Forty Senate Democrats voted in favor of blocking arms sales to Israel. Both Sens. Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin in favor of the bill. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was one of seven Dems to block it. The vote failed 59-40.

#MISen Dem Q1 fundraising hauls (per the campaigns) 🟦 Mallory McMorrow: $3M / $3.6M COH 🟦 Abdul El-Sayed: $2.25M / $2.5M COH 🟦 Haley Stevens: $2M / $3.3M COH

John James is running his first ad in Michigan in #MIGov: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYcH...

Father-in-law sent this as a reaction to my mother-in-law’s update about the weather (he’s on a work trip in SC). But yep! Pretty much sums it up

NEW: In Michigan's secretary of state race, Democrats are split on who is best suited to safeguard Michigan's elections from threats to ballot access. www.wlns.com/your-local-e...

New: Michigan is recommending early measles shots for infants aged 6 through 11 months in outbreak counties. www.wlns.com/news/michiga...

Mallory McMorrow in Lansing to deliver ballot signatures today.

Sam Altman’s sister is suing him for repeated sexual abuse. The alleged abuse began when she was 3 and he was 12. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Now: @scholten.house.gov, a Grand Rapids Democrat, is calling for Eric Swalwell's resignation after multiple allegations of sexual assault. www.wlns.com/news/politic...

Scholten (D-Grand Rapids) calling for Swalwell to resign from Congress after allegations of sexual assault from several female staffers. Rep. Luna (R-Fla.) said she plans to bring an expulsion vote this week.

Your Sunday listen: @mattmaasdam.bsky.social, running for Congress: "I have not seen any evidence" for "why" the U.S. should be at war with Iran.

Spoke to Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, the perceived frontrunner for the Dem nod in the SOS race. "There's never been a case of fraud by mail-in ballots received after Election Day," he said. "The same number of fraud cases are the same number of Lions Super Bowls. This has not happened."

NEW: @mattmaasdam.bsky.social says he has seen "no evidence" for war with Iran. Maasdam is betting on his military experience and appealing to centrist voters in the 7th district to push him through to the Democratic nod. ▶️ Watch the full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnIu...

New: Matt Maasdam sees the Iran war as a warning on Trump's power www.wlns.com/originals/mo...

Marjorie Taylor Greene to Politico: People who watch Fox News are watching “propaganda.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

NEW: John James' debate standoff with Oakland County GOP deepens Republican rift. www.wlns.com/your-local-e...

“McMorrow’s comments revealed a disproportionate ‘hierarchy of pain,’ in which the suffering of Jewish people matters more than that of the Arab and Muslim communities to which El-Sayed belongs.” theintercept.com/2026/04/09/m...

President Trump’s 2027 budget proposal would cut thousands of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) jobs in a push toward privatizing the agency founded in 2001 that is housed under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

ICYMI in @thehill.com: Abdul El-Sayed says the Democratic Party's tent is wide enough for Hasan Piker. thehill.com/homenews/cam...

TIME: Schumer has "quietly signal[ed]" that he would be OK with state Sen. Mallory McMorrow in the U.S. Senate, over establishment favorite Haley Stevens. McMorrow is one of several Democrats running across the country who want new Senate Dem leadership. time.com/article/2026...

While campaigning in Iowa, Elissa Slotkin told the Des Moines Register she'd consider a 2028 presidential run. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

NEW: @abdulelsayed.bsky.social bets that Hasan Piker can help bring the online left into the tent. www.wlns.com/your-local-e...

New in POLITICO's Playbook PM: Americans for Prosperity Action is spending $500K to help Mike Rogers in the #MISen race. Watch: youtu.be/8Yczvh-6Vp4?...

Average price of gas in the area is $3.80/gal. Costco, which is always cheaper, has it at $3.74/gal. Passed by $4.19/gal at Frandor today. $31.69 for 8.45 gallons.

New: The Senate Leadership Fund announced a $45M investment to help elect former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers in November. www.wlns.com/your-local-e...

New: Lansing City Council to vote on the Deep Green data center today. Here’s what to know www.wlns.com/lansing/deep...

Inbox: Mallory McMorrow’s camp says it raised $3M in Q1, the most in a quarter of any #MISen candidate so far.

There’s been a lot of “not on my bingo card” news events recently, but “government official claims to teleport inside a Waffle House” takes the cake.

New: Grand Rapids congresswoman shares 'heartbreaking' divorce www.wlns.com/news/politic...

Inside the crisis facing local TV news: Where companies say they need to get larger to compete with Big Tech apple.news/Air4TnLIVRgG...

“Much needed and important new job in the private sector” to be announced later.

right now the astronauts are calling houston because the computer on the spaceship is running two instances of microsoft outlook and they can't figure out why. nasa is about to remote into the computer

A persuasion survey appears to be running in Lansing to support the new Deep Green data center. www.surveymonkey.com/r/XK3BQZV?UI...

🚨 @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social says a change in Democratic leadership is needed after Democrats folded last year on ACA subsidies. "This is not a knock on [Schumer's] lifetime of service, but we have to acknowledge this is a very different moment." www.wlns.com/originals/mo...

After getting 2.7% of the vote in the Democratic primary for SD-35's special election, it appears that progressive Serenity Salak is filing to run in HD-93, a heavy R district. A Democrat hasn't received more than 44% of the vote in any HD-93 election since 2008.

West Michigan native Christina Koch will be the first woman to travel beyond low-Earth orbit and the first to travel within the Moon’s vicinity.

Bad day to be a flat earther.

Satirical news sites should be required to report actual news today.

April Fool's Day has aged me by at least 30 years.

New: The Detroit Tigers are planning to announce 10 over-the-air simulcasts in the coming days. It's the first time Tigers games will be broadcast OTA beyond the Detroit market in the cable/pay-TV era. www.wlns.com/digital-excl...

Friday on WLNS+: @MalloryMcMorrow joins #TheMoment.