While many are using the new year as a motivator to set new goals and commit to positive change, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) has shared resolutions of its …
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Kyle Davidson (via Michigan Advance)
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1/3/25
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WASHINGTON — Republicans took control of the U.S. Senate Friday under the new leadership of South Dakota’s John Thune, who promised to keep intact the body’s legislative filibuster — the …
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Ashley Murray (via Michigan Advance)
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1/3/25
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WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans on Friday elected Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson as their speaker for the 119th Congress, following weeks of speculation about whether the GOP would begin another …
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1/3/25
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U.S. Senator-elect for Michigan Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) will be officially sworn in to office Friday afternoon in Washington D.C. as the mid-Michigan Democrat says she’s committed to lowering the …
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1/3/25
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An anti-extremist group plans to host the U.S. theater premier of a documentary next month detailing the journey out of white supremacy of a former KKK leader and Nazi sympathizer from Livingston …
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1/3/25
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President Joe Biden announced early Friday he will block the sale of U.S. Steel to the Japanese company Nippon Steel, in one of the last acts of his presidency. Biden had said that U.S. Steel …
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1/3/25
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WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin on Thursday urged Americans to demand President-elect Donald Trump justify each Jan. 6 defendant pardon if he issues them on his “first day” in office, …
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Ashley Murray (via Michigan Advance)
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1/3/25
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Most Revolutionary War history buffs know the story of Francis Marion, the Continental Army officer called the Swamp Fox for his guerrilla-style attacks that bedeviled British forces in South …
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1/3/25
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden directed federal security agencies on Thursday to continue assisting all levels of law enforcement investigating the terrorist attack in New Orleans in which a …
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1/2/25
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday said the work his administration did in nominating judges confirmed to the federal bench will help protect the nation’s democratic institutions in the …
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Ariana Figueroa (via Michigan Advance)
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1/2/25
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Anglers looking to land one of the six lake sturgeon cleared for harvest on Black Lake should mark their calendars for Feb. 1, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR). In a …
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Kyle Davidson (via Michigan Advance)
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1/2/25
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Three new cases of bird flu have been detected by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, or MDARD, as the U.S. Department of Agriculture, or USDA, estimates about a quarter of …
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Anna Liz Nichols (via Michigan Advance)
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1/2/25
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NEW ORLEANS — The man who sped down Bourbon Street early New Year’s Day in a pickup truck, killing at least 14 people and injuring 37 more, is believed to have acted alone in the terror attack, …
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1/2/25
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WASHINGTON — Law enforcement agencies in the nation’s capital were closely monitoring security Thursday following a terrorist attack in New Orleans and a vehicle explosion outside the Trump …
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Jennifer Shutt (via Michigan Advance)
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1/2/25
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer put her signature Monday to legislation aimed at increasing access to housing, updating the process for gathering evidence to prosecute human trafficking and sexual …
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Kyle Davidson (via Michigan Advance)
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1/2/25
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The new year just dropped and Lake Superior State University has announced this year’s list of banished words and phrases, including ‘dropped’, ‘era’, ‘cringe’ and ‘skibidi’. In a …
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Anna Liz Nichols (via Michigan Advance)
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1/2/25
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I’ve worked in and around Lansing politics long enough to know how hard our policymakers work on behalf of their constituents. I’ve watched as bills got introduced, amendments offered, speeches …
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Monique Stanton (via Michigan Advance)
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1/2/25
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Heading into the third year since Roe v. Wade was overturned, states will continue to introduce and consider legislation to expand or restrict access to reproductive health care and abortion as …
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Sofia Resnick (via Michigan Advance)
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1/2/25
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WASHINGTON — Funeral services of former President Jimmy Carter will span from Jan. 4 to Jan. 9, the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region said Monday. Carter, who died Sunday at 100 in his …
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Shauneen Miranda (via Michigan Advance)
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1/2/25
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Galvanized by a pivotal election almost two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal abortion protections, patients, doctors, and activists in 2024 fought for renewed and expanded …
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Sofia Resnick (via Michigan Advance)
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1/1/25
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