The fall 2023 ERC kick off forum with Bill Ballenger is set for Tuesday, Sept. 19, at The War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Road, Grosse Pointe Farms.

Ballenger is founder and former editor of Lansing-based Inside Michigan Politics newsletter for 27 years when in 2016 he created his online Ballenger Report and now produces a weekly podcast.

He previously served as a Republican member of both the Michigan House of Representatives and the State Senate.