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WASHINGTON — Two Democratic U.S. senators announced Thursday they plan to introduce a piece of legislation that would require large companies to disclose quota practices to workers and prevent …
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Ariana Figueroa (via Michigan Advance)
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5/4/24
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Violence faced by Indigenous people is not simply a decades-long problem; it is a 500-year problem that continues to pervade every Indigenous family, said Melissa Pope, chief judge of the …
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Anna Liz Nichols (via Michigan Advance)
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5/3/24
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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is urging anglers and paddlers to decontaminate their wader, watercraft and gear after didymo cells were detected in algae samples taken from the Au …
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Kyle Davidson (via Michigan Advance)
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5/3/24
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WASHINGTON — Doctors on Thursday urged Congress to pass legislation addressing the disproportionately high rates of maternal mortality throughout the country and to lower barriers that have …
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Jennifer Shutt (via Michigan Advance)
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5/3/24
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On Thursday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced two appointments to the Lake Superior State University Board of Trustees, including a tribal leader who’s a well-known anti-Line 5 activist. “I am …
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Jon King (via Michigan Advance)
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5/3/24
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The Biden administration will publish a final rule Friday that will allow about 100,000 uninsured people in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to enroll in state-run or private health …
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Ariana Figueroa (via Michigan Advance)
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5/3/24
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We are a divided country these days, so much so that certain people have taken to mad mutterings about a “national divorce,” secession or even civil war. But fear not, fellow Americans, for a …
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Jay Bookman (via Michigan Advance)
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5/3/24
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday released a sweeping set of rules aimed at cutting air, water and land pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants. Environmental and clean …
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Robert Zullo (via Michigan Advance)
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5/3/24
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Members of Movimiento Cosecha on Wednesday marched through the center of Downtown Lansing and into the Capitol in support of “Driver’s License for All” legislation, which would restore the …
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Kyle Davidson (via Michigan Advance)
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5/2/24
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The Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) on Thursday filed a flurry of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests seeking details on how a recent trip to the U.S. southern border by state Republican …
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Jon King (via Michigan Advance)
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5/2/24
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Attorney Stefanie Lambert Junttila is slated to proceed to trial on Oct. 21 due to scheduling concerns with the previously scheduled trial date. While Oakland County Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Matis …
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Kyle Davidson (via Michigan Advance)
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5/2/24
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden responded Thursday to weeks of protest on college campuses calling for a ceasefire in Gaza with a brief statement that the right to protest should be protected, but …
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Ariana Figueroa (via Michigan Advance)
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5/2/24
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Leading U.S. Senate Democrats reintroduced a bill Wednesday to remove marijuana from the list of federal controlled substances, following the Biden administration’s move a day earlier to …
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Jacob Fischler (via Michigan Advance)
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5/2/24
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The U.S. House passed a bill Wednesday to counter an Interior Department order canceling oil and gas leases in a section of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, taking aim at the Biden …
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Jacob Fischler (via Michigan Advance)
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5/2/24
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Michigan Senate Democrats pushed through an expansion of the state’s prevailing wage law Wednesday that would apply to renewable energy projects. Senate Bill 571, introduced by state Sen. John …
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Jon King (via Michigan Advance)
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5/2/24
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Former Michigan state House Speaker Lee Chatfield (R-Levering) and his wife, Stephanie Chatfield, were arraigned Thursday over Zoom in an East Lansing court, as the pair face numerous felonies after …
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Anna Liz Nichols (via Michigan Advance)
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5/2/24
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After flying into Freeland, former President Donald Trump drew a large crowd of supporters as he continued criticism of President Joe Biden’s economic policies while promising mass deportations on …
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Kyle Davidson (via Michigan Advance)
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5/2/24
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The buzz is building for Adrian College’s commencement speaker this weekend, but the current is not all positive. Both students and alumni of the private liberal arts school, located about 40 miles …
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Jon King (via Michigan Advance)
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5/2/24
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WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans Wednesday passed a bill, with heavy support from Democrats, that would define antisemitism for the Department of Education, amid nationwide college campus …
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Ariana Figueroa (via Michigan Advance)
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5/2/24
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WASHINGTON — Capitol Hill lawmakers from both parties on Wednesday grilled UnitedHealth Group’s CEO over the largest-ever cyberattack on the U.S. health care industry, which has crippled payments …
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Ashley Murray (via Michigan Advance)
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5/1/24
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