Mackinac Policy Conference

Fighting state legislative leaders, calls for civility, and economic uncertainty: The Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual Mackinac Policy Conference is in the books.

New research on housing insecurity and Black women’s health, Governor Whitmer on her relationship with President Trump, two teens sentenced to five years for sneaking out of the house, and Dearborn thinks big about buffering industrial presence in residential areas.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer says President Donald Trump would break a promise he made to her if he pardons two men who were convicted of conspiring to kidnap her. Whitmer spoke with Michigan Public Radio’s Rick Pluta at the Detroit Regional Chamber Conference on Mackinac Island.

As more than 1,500 business leaders, lawmakers, lobbyists and philanthropists meet on Mackinac Island for the annual Mackinac Policy Conference, new election 2026 polling is released.

In the Glengariff-Group poll, 45.5% of respondents said Michigan was on the right track, down from 52% in January.

A new ruling from Michigan’s secretary of state means public officials can keep accepting free tickets to a major conference on Mackinac Island.

Former President Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts this week. We talked about the reaction from Michigan's legislative leaders. Also, a conversation with the author of a new political thriller set in an imagined Detroit.

Today, reading election-year tea-leaves at the Mackinac Policy Conference. Then, the end of federal pandemic aid for Michigan renters facing eviction.

The 2024 Mackinac Policy Conference will focus on “Bridging the Future Together” to inspire radical collaboration across divides.

Wrapping on the Mackinac Policy Conference, hearing about a new musical about a historical Michigander, then we took a trip to a famous Ypsilanti restaurant that has flown above the test of time.