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United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain sent a letter to Michigan legislators Thursday encouraging Democrats to make the most of their final weeks with a trifecta in Lansing. Republicans regained …
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Andrew Roth (via Michigan Advance)
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12/5/24
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Donald Trump is insisting that Chad Chronister didn’t withdraw as a candidate for head of the Drug Enforcement Agency, but rather that he himself “pulled” the nomination after learning the …
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Mitch Perry (via Michigan Advance)
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12/5/24
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Time is running out on a handful of gun safety bills in the Michigan legislature as the session nears its end this month. Democratic lawmakers, joined by gun violence survivors and advocates, …
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Anna Liz Nichols (via Michigan Advance)
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12/5/24
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Despite the crowded 11-bill agenda at Thursday’s meeting of the Senate Elections and Ethics committee, members made short work of the legislation before them, voting along party lines to return …
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Kyle Davidson (via Michigan Advance)
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12/5/24
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Former Missouri Congressman Billy Long was tapped on Wednesday evening by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Internal Revenue Service. Trump called Long — who served six terms representing a …
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Jason Hancock (via Michigan Advance)
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12/5/24
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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, McLean County, Illinois, was known mostly as the home of State Farm Insurance in Bloomington and Illinois State University in Normal. Now, the area illustrates a trend …
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Tim Henderson (via Michigan Advance)
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12/5/24
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Originally published by The 19th People across the country cast votes to restore abortion access while also siding with President-elect Donald Trump at the top of the ticket. In the first …
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Jasmine Mithani (via Michigan Advance)
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12/5/24
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American voters were under a lot of stress leading up to the Nov. 5 presidential election. That stress has continued since Donald Trump received less than 50 percent voter support. Hence, the …
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Steve Corbin (via Michigan Advance)
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12/5/24
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Almost 24 hours after members of the Michigan House Elections Committee voted to refer four bills known as the Michigan Voting Rights Act to the House floor, civil rights advocates met in Lansing, …
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Kyle Davidson (via Michigan Advance)
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12/4/24
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WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers railed against what they called “woke” curriculum in schools during a Wednesday hearing in a U.S. House education panel, the latest example of culture wars …
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Shauneen Miranda (via Michigan Advance)
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12/4/24
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A conservative U.S. Supreme Court appeared ready to side with Tennessee Wednesday in upholding the state’s ban on gender affirming care for minors, a case likely to set legal precedent on equal …
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Sam Stockard (via Michigan Advance)
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12/4/24
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WASHINGTON — Republican members of a U.S. House Judiciary Committee panel scrutinized the head of the Department of Homeland Security agency tasked with processing legal pathways to immigration …
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Ariana Figueroa (via Michigan Advance)
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12/4/24
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WASHINGTON — The decade-long endeavor to move the Federal Bureau of Investigation out of its crumbling headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C., and into a new facility outside the city could face …
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Jennifer Shutt (via Michigan Advance)
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12/4/24
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WASHINGTON — The holiday season kicked off on Capitol Hill this week with the official Christmas tree lighting ceremony and the unveiling of a gingerbread replica of the U.S. Capitol — complete …
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Ashley Murray (via Michigan Advance)
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12/4/24
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While lawmakers push forward on their lame duck policy priorities, supporters of a slate of bills that would allow all Michiganders access to driver’s licenses regardless of their immigration …
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Kyle Davidson (via Michigan Advance)
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12/4/24
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This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on …
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Hayley Harding, Votebeat (via Michigan Advance)
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12/4/24
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Mayor of Detroit Mike Duggan will be running for governor of Michigan in 2026. The three-term mayor of Michigan’s biggest city said in a video announcement Wednesday that he will not be running as …
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Anna Liz Nichols (via Michigan Advance)
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12/4/24
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Farm income is forecasted to have decreased in 2024 by 4% from 2023, largely because of a decrease in cash receipts, or the gross income, from the sale of commodity crops, according to the December …
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Cami Koons (via Michigan Advance)
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12/4/24
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After the loss of key federal wetlands protections in 2023, scientists are warning the damage this change could bring to wetlands would also bring billions of dollars of flood damage with it. …
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Kyle Davidson (via Michigan Advance)
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12/4/24
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Although I have a good gig as a full professor at Iowa State University, I’ve daydreamed about learning a trade – something that required both my mind and my hands. So in 2018, I started night …
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Jo Mackiewicz (via Michigan Advance)
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12/4/24
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