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Whitmer signs off on additional funding for schools and support for students with dyslexia
Legislation signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will provide public schools with additional funding, as well as ensure students are screened for dyslexia.
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Whitmer signs bills to allow home health care workers to unionize, expand cash assistance program
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday signed a bevy of bills into law, including more than half a dozen dealing with health care and family support.
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Rogers says he didn’t violate voter registration law he helped to pass
For the second time in as many months, there are questions whether former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-White Lake) may have run afoul of a law he helped to pass while in the Michigan Senate.
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Slotkin and Rogers clash on abortion, national security and pocketbook issues in 1st debate
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin and former US Rep. Mike Rogers took the debate stage to make their case for succeeding US Sen. Debbie Stabenow as Michigan’s next senator.
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Whitmer casts absentee ballot, talks election security amid double voting case in Macomb County
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer cast her absentee ballot Tuesday in Lansing and talked to the media about early voting and the election security.
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Michigan free family planning program reaches 20K in 1st year
After launching its “Plan First!” program just over a year ago, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says the program has provided family planning services to nearly 20,000 residents.
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Harris says clean water should be a right during Flint speech
Vice President Kamala Harris said clean water should be a right during a Friday evening rally in Flint — a city that garnered national attention last decade for its water crisis that exposed thousands to toxic levels of lead.
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Vance draws ire for not backing federal funds for Lansing GM EV plant
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says comments made in Michigan Wednesday by vice presidential candidate U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) are a “middle finger to Michigan auto workers.”
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Survey finds majority of Michigan Democrats and Republicans reject Trump tariff proposal
According to a recent survey, voters in six swing states have spoken out against Trump’s proposals of raising tariffs.
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Trump describes traumatic brain injuries sustained by US troops in Iraq as a ‘headache’
Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that US troops who suffered traumatic brain injuries after Iranian rocket fire in Iraq in 2020 only experienced a “headache.”
