The Republican gubernatorial primary and the Democratic race for the state's open U.S Senate seat are the most high-profile contests for the August primary.

It's a busy week as candidates running in the Aug. 4 primary enter their final campaign stretch before Election Day. Meanwhile, in Lansing, council member will hear an ordinance on the city's new ward. Plus, Farmers Market at the Capitol opens for the first time this year.

This week, Whitmer signed her last budget as governor before her term ends, the U.S. Senate is heating up with less than two weeks before Election Day and early in-person voting begins Saturday.

Thousands gathered in Lansing as Abdul El-Sayed, William Lawrence, Bernie Sanders, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez focused on economic inequality, grassroots organizing, and the role of money in politics ahead of Michigan’s Senate primary.

This week in mid-Michigan, Lansing City Council members will hold a public hearing on a proposed data center moratorium, in Aurelius a dispute over a funding agreement is putting a local library at risk and national progressives are stopping by the region to boost two Democratic congressional candidates ahead of the Aug. 4 primary.

This week in Mid-Michigan, legislators plan to hold a rally calling for stronger regulations for data centers, while commissioners in Ingham County discuss an ordinance opposing a transmission line project that would cut through a park and Lansing's annual Pride event kicks off this weekend.