Starting Tuesday, anyone within Detroit’s 313 area code will be required to use 10-digit dialing for all local calls as a new 679 area code is introduced.
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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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Lawmakers add $160M in earmarks to Michigan budget — and transparency rules
New rules required Michigan lawmakers to publicly explain earmark requests for police Tasers, a harvest simulator, art museum upgrades and more.
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Michigan gets a new state budget: Winners, losers in the $81B deal
Days after missing the deadline, Michigan lawmakers finally passed a budget at around 2 am Friday. Here’s what’s in the $81B spending plan.
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ACLU seeks release of Michigan immigrant with life-threatening leukemia
The man has been held in custody since August and his wife says he didn’t receive medication for 22 days.
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Michigan church shooting: Victims identified, remembered
Bridge Michigan will update this story as it verifies the identities of those killed and injured in the attack.
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New GOP push: Make Michigan school board candidates declare political party
Lawmaker says his proposal would improve transparency and turnout. Clerks say it will add costs and confuse voters.
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Michigan budget talks: Free school meals, $10k per student, nearly $2B for roads
Michigan lawmakers could vote on a new state budget today. Here’s what we know will – or won’t – be in it.
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Michigan OKs Consumers gas hike; average monthly bills to raise $6.44
State regulators approved a $157.5 million natural gas rate hike for Consumers Energy, raising average customer bills by $6.44 a month starting in November.
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$50M for controversial UP copper mine on chopping block in Michigan budget
A state budget still under negotiation is not expected to include $50 million for the controversial Copperwood mine project in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
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Gretchen Whitmer hints she won’t run for president, blasts Trump tariffs
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used a Toronto speech to blast Trump’s tariffs and then implied she won’t run for president in 2028: ‘I don’t know if I need to be the main character in the next chapter’