Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 28-person population commission offers a broad blueprint to reverse decades of tepid population growth, calling on new investments in economy, education, people and communities.
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Citizens cannot do their job of running their government if they don’t know what their public servants are doing.
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Michigan appeals court: Trump ‘must’ be on presidential primary ballot
Michigan Court of Appeals rejects bid to keep Trump off primary ballot because of insurrection clause in U.S. Constitution. But his eligibility for the general election remains an open question, the three-judge panel says.
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Inside Michigan fake electors meeting: Trump attorney, dueling documents, phone ban
As testimony continues in felony case against Republicans accused of forging documents claiming former President Donald Trump won Michigan, witnesses say a Trump campaign attorney and Meshawn Maddock played key roles.
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Whitmer: $550 tax refund checks coming for 700,000 Michigan households
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is speeding expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit by mailing refunds to lower-income households that qualified for the credit in the 2022 tax year.
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Whitmer plan would give rebates to Michiganders who buy new EV, other cars
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday proposed a $25 million plan aimed at saving Michiganders money when they purchase a new vehicle with larger rebates going to electric and union-made vehicles.
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Michigan vote machine tampering case heads to trial. Are ‘fake electors’ next?
As a preliminary exam began for ‘fake electors’ in Lansing, an Oakland County Judge on Wednesday set a spring trial date for Trump loyalists accused of tampering with voting machines after the 2020 election.
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Dana Nessel’s office probing $2M rocket plan that failed to launch
Michigan’s attorney general confirms it is investigating the awarding of a grant to study the feasibility of launching rockets from Michigan. Opponents say the plan is dead.
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Records: Michigan senator helped steer $25M Clare grant now under investigation
Sen. Rick Outman acknowledges contacting the state to help move along a $25 million grant that is now under investigation. But Outman said he didn’t know it would help a former aide to then-House Speaker Jason Wentworth.
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Michigan attorney general investigating $25M grant to ex-House speaker’s aide
Michigan health officials halted work on a $25 million health plan last year, citing ‘red flags.’ Now, the state attorney general is investigating the project led by Jason Wentworth’s onetime aide.
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Oxford High shooting relatives at sentencing: Remember the lives, promise lost
‘Opportunities have been forever eradicated’ for victims Hana St. Juliana, Madisyn Baldwin, Tate Myre and Justin Shilling, as the classmate who murdered them is sentenced to life in prison without parole.