This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Barnes: President-elect Trump backs away from Candidate Trump’s promises ✹ Speaker Joe Tate: A final burst of legislative action as Republicans walk out ✹ Democratic State Convention February 22 to elect new party leaders In the News Michigan Politics and Policy 2025 State Convention – Michigan Democratic Party Opinion: Trump’s tariff threats against Canada will whomp Michigan -John Lindstrom/Detroit Free Press Michigan House GOP storms off floor in protest during lame duck – Detroit Free Press Michigan Senate bans sales, possession of ‘ghost guns’ – Lansing State Journal Michigan Senate OKs unemployment boost with expanded, extended benefits – Bridge Michigan Michigan Dems, business groups at odds as family leave plan advances – Detroit News Senate OKs plan to bar income-based housing discrimination in Michigan – Detroit Free Press Gun reforms among measures approved in marathon Michigan lame-duck meetings – Bridge Michigan Four years after George Floyd, Michigan lawmakers push police reforms in lame-duck – Bridge Michigan Recount confirms Steve Frisbie’s GOP win in Battle Creek House race – Detroit Free Press This Ohio-Hating Michigan Democrat Has Thoughts on Why Her Party Lost – The New York Times ‘Momentous occasion’: FOIA for Michigan[...]