Keya Vakil is the deputy political editor at COURIER. He previously worked as a researcher in the film industry and dabbled in the political world.
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New Poll: Voters Support Jan. 6 Hearings, but Worry Trump Republicans Will Promote Violence
The findings come as the US House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack will hold the first of six public hearings Thursday night in primetime. Sixty-five percent of voters support the House investigation, while only 28% oppose it, according to a new Courier Newsroom/Data for Progress poll.
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Two Saginaw Public School Students on Why Their Community Needs More Resources
As part of our ongoing series of Q&As with Michiganders, we interviewed brothers Lionel and Michael Baldwin, students at Arthur Hill High School in Saginaw, and their mother, Arshen Baldwin, a teacher at Arthur Hill.
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Military Plane Carrying 78,000 Pounds of Baby Formula Arrives in US Under Biden’s Operation Fly Formula
The shipment is just the first of many, and is enough to provide for 9,000 babies and 18,000 toddlers for one week, according to US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
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EXCLUSIVE: Only 13% of Republican Voters Say Recent Developments Around Abortion Make Them Happy, Poll Shows
Forty-seven percent of likely voters said they felt “worried” about recent developments regarding abortion rights, while more than four in 10 reported feeling “angry” or “sad.”
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Q&A: A Former Special Ed Parapro Talks About Public Schools
As part of an ongoing Q&A series about public education, we spoke to Christian Alvarado, an education organizer and former special education parapro.
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Everything You Need to Know About Medication Abortion in Michigan
Searches for medication abortion and prescription requests for abortion pills have skyrocketed following the May 2 Supreme Court opinion leak. We asked Michigan OB/GYN, Dr. Halley Crissman, to talk about how medication abortion works.
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Michigan Senators Show Their Support for Bill Guaranteeing Americans the Right to Abortion Care
“I strongly support the women of this country,” Sen. Stabenow said Wednesday ahead of her vote in support of the Women’s Health Protection Act.
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Q&A: A Hastings Mom’s Take on Public Schools
Only 24% of parents believe they have too little say over what is taught and nearly 9 in 10 parents believe their child’s teacher has done the best they could during the pandemic.
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EXCLUSIVE: A Republican Plan to Raise Taxes on Michiganders–and Potentially End Social Security and Medicare–is Massively Unpopular, Poll Shows
Florida Sen. Rick Scott, who is in charge of winning back control of the US Senate for the Republican Party, introduced a plan that would raise taxes and could end Social Security and Medicare for more than 2.1 million Michiganders and eliminate Medicaid coverage for 2.8 million state residents.
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Gov. Whitmer Expands Medicaid Coverage for Moms & Babies to 12 Months Postpartum
The expansion of coverage—made possible by President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan—is expected to help 35,000 pregnant and postpartum people in Michigan each year, according to the governor’s office.
