“Michigan” on The Daily Caller

While on the campaign trail in Michigan on Thursday, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain laughed along with a voter who joked about his having the support of Anita Hill. In 1991, Hill made sexual harassment accusations against then Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas during his confirmation hearings. (more)

The taxman got an early Christmas present from the Obama administration this week with the approval of a new fee on all fresh Christmas trees. (more)

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (AP) — As the sun dips below the rooftops each evening, parts of this Detroit enclave turn to pitch black, the only illumination coming from a few streetlights at the end of the block or from glowing yellow yard globes. (more)

President Barack Obama will take his re-election campaign to a General Motors plant on Friday where he will tout the new free trade deal with South Korea, and likely again champion his $60 billion 2009 bailout of the auto industry. (more)

Vice President Joe Biden attempted to tie passage of the American Jobs Act to a decrease in murders and rapes in an appearance in Flint, Mich., Wednesday. (more)

Not all silver screen sensations fit their trailers. As some say, the better the trailer, the worse the film. But Michigan woman Sarah Deming is suing “Drive” film distributors, claiming that she was misled into buying a movie ticket and the film was not exactly what it was advertised as. (more)

Students are no longer giving educators an apple. Instead, public educators are now giving student Apples worth more than $500. (more)

MONROE, Mich. (AP) — A car bomb caused a powerful explosion on a Michigan street that seriously injured a father and his two sons, who are “very fortunate” to have survived the attack, which turned their vehicle into a blackened hunk of metal, a federal official said Wednesday. (more)

DETROIT (AP) — President Barack Obama used a boisterous Labor Day rally to put congressional Republicans on the spot, challenging them to place the country’s interests above all else and vote to create jobs and put the economy back on a path toward growth. “Show us what you’ve got,” he said. (more)

Many taxpayers object to government welfare programs. But so long as the state is in the business of confiscating some people’s wealth and awarding it to others, most would agree that welfare payments should be given only to the truly poor. (more)

President Barack Obama spoke in an angry voice today as he delivered what has become his campaign stump speech. (more)

Want to hear a ridiculous argument? It is a violation of the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause for a state to prohibit race discrimination. Yes, you read that right. Prohibiting discrimination is discriminatory — or so the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has now ruled. (more)

Elections have consequences. Especially in a redistricting year. And Michigan Democrats are learning that the hard way. (more)

A man who won $2 million on a Michigan lottery show has told a TV station that he still uses food stamps.  (more)

The Michigan State Police have started using handheld machines called “extraction devices” to download personal information from motorists they pull over, even if they’re not suspected of any crime. Naturally, the ACLU has a problem with this. (more)

A 12-year-old girl will likely be charged as an adult in an armed robbery attempt in Highland Township, officials say. (more)

When Jeff Kurze found out his kidneys were failing, he and his wife Roxy put their lives on hold. The young couple from Warren, Michigan, hoped to start a family, but dialysis left Jeff, 35, too frail. He needed a new kidney. (more)

Michigan’s Mackinac Center for Public Policy and the Michigan Press Association (MPA) filed documents last week asking the state’s Supreme Court to reconsider a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) denial appeal the Court didn’t take up last December – when the court leaned more left. Now, though, the court leans right, so the Mackinac Center is looking for e-mails between teachers and their union bosses discussing a potential “job action,” which may include a strike – it is illegal for teachers to strike in Michigan. According to the Mackinac Center, many of those emails were sent, received or viewed on school computers in districts throughout the state. (more)

One year later, former Congressman Bart Stupak is still feeling the effects of the critical role he played in healthcare reform. In an interview with ‘The Atlantic,’ Stupak said he still gets “accosted” by angry citizens. (more)

While most of the nation focused on the Wisconsin government union fight in recent weeks, Michigan has been pushing major labor reforms in both the private and government sectors. The goal is to ease budget woes and make the state more economically competitive. Elected officials in Michigan face painful decisions about how to bring the state back from the brink. (more)