Arpan Lobo is based in Grand Rapids, Mich. and covers politics and government for the Detroit Free Press. A metro-Detroit native, Arpan previously worked as a reporter at the Holland Sentinel in Holland, Mich., and the Capital Journal in Pierre, S.D. He is a graduate of Grand Valley State University and a proud first-generation American. Arpan is also a huge fan of his hometown Detroit Pistons and his favorite football team, Liverpool F.C.