WASHINGTON — Republicans at a U.S. House hearing aired frustration with the Department of Justice this week for what they contended is a lack of enforcement of a Clinton-era law that protects …
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Jennifer Shutt (via Michigan Advance)
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5/18/23
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The newly-formed Michigan House Energy Reliability, Resilience, and Accountability (ERRA) Task Force announced on Thursday that it will embark on a statewide listening tour in June to hear …
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Lily Guiney (via Michigan Advance)
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5/18/23
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Equal housing advocates, former unhoused Michiganders, and landlords sat before the Michigan Senate Housing and Human Services Committee on Tuesday to testify on a bill package aimed at ensuring …
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Lily Guiney (via Michigan Advance)
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5/18/23
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The University of Michigan has filed a formal petition with the Michigan Employment Relations Commission to appoint a “fact finder” in the ongoing strike by graduate workers. The university, …
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Jon King (via Michigan Advance)
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5/18/23
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NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court panel quizzed lawyers during oral arguments Wednesday over a Texas judge’s decision that could end access to the abortion pill nationwide. Observers see the …
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Greg LaRose (via Michigan Advance)
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5/18/23
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U.S. Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-Ann Arbor) and Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) gathered Wednesday with Democratic colleagues and advocates from across the country for a …
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Kyle Davidson (via Michigan Advance)
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5/18/23
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In 2022, the FBI listed Lansing as the 17th most violent city in the nation. The city saw a 3% increase in violence overall and a 50% increase in homicides.
The city put four new officers to …
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Todd Heywood
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5/18/23
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Last Saturday founding members of the Spartan Housing Cooperative, more commonly known as the MSU Student Co-ops, gathered for a 50th-anniversary reunion. The question on everyone’s mind: …
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Chelsea Lake Roberts
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5/18/23
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This one-story, 1953 home with 1,043 square feet of living space features boarded-up windows, partial metal screen door frames hanging from the front and a window with a softball-sized hole in it. …
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Todd Heywood
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5/18/23
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Updated plans for the new Public Safety Complex in Lansing include a proposal to demolish the South Washington Office Complex, affecting three city operations and a United Way service that are housed …
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Todd Heywood
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5/17/23
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will remain in “constant contact” with debt ceiling negotiators and promised to update the nation Sunday upon his return from a shortened trip to Asia for the …
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Ashley Murray (via Michigan Advance)
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5/17/23
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WEDNESDAY, May 17 — An Okemos High School student has won the 2023 Congressional High School Art Competition in the 7 th Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin announced today.
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5/17/23
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Legislation in Michigan to ban mental health professionals from performing conversion therapy on minors under penalty of losing their licenses will be introduced this week. Conversion therapy, the …
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Anna Liz Nichols (via Michigan Advance)
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5/17/23
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and congressional leaders struggled to find common ground on the debt ceiling during a Tuesday meeting, though lawmakers said afterward there was some progress …
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Jennifer Shutt (via Michigan Advance)
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5/17/23
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With this week’s announcement that former state Rep. Leslie Love (D-Detroit) was seeking the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Debbie Stabenow (D-Lansing) next year, the odds of contested GOP and …
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Jon King (via Michigan Advance)
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5/17/23
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A lot of people are scared. Scared of ideas, scared of books, scared of the human body, scared of education. Scared of educators. When people get scared, they resort to bullying. The trustees of New …
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Diane Roberts (via Michigan Advance)
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5/17/23
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Term-limited former Democratic state Rep. Leslie Love announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2024. Love represented Detroit in the state Legislature from 2015 to 2020. She was a member of the …
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Nicole Noechel
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5/16/23
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Lawmakers on the Michigan House Education Committee heard testimony from educators on Tuesday morning regarding HB 4549, which would modify the requirements to become a substitute teacher in hopes of …
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Lily Guiney (via Michigan Advance)
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5/16/23
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Legislation in Michigan to require awards and results of athletic events be given “consistent with each competitor’s biological sex” was sent to a legislative committee for consideration this …
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Anna Liz Nichols (via Michigan Advance)
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5/16/23
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WASHINGTON — The lawsuit over access to the abortion pill goes before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Wednesday, the next step on a path that will likely end at the U.S. Supreme …
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Jennifer Shutt (via Michigan Advance)
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5/16/23
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