Politics
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What is Biden doing for Michigan? Nonprofit group launches new website to keep track
Since President Joe Biden took office, more than 5,400 infrastructure projects have been announced across the state of Michigan.
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Biden administration funds to bring 500+ new Michigan jobs to hydrogen fuel ‘gigafactory’
Federal grant funding awarded this month is set to help build a new hydrogen fuel factory in Plymouth and create hundreds of new jobs.
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State funding to boost farmers—and build Pontiac’s first new grocery store in a decade
A state grant awarded to a nonprofit organization in Pontiac will help launch the first new grocery store to open in the city in about the last 10 years.
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Michigan lawmakers want to make it cheaper to install solar energy
Legislation introduced this month in the state Senate aims to create new state rebates for installing solar power and battery storage systems at home.
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VIDEO: Michigan OBGYN ‘shocked’ by Alabama ruling on IVF treatment
@gandernewsroom Dr. Dee Fenner, chairwoman of the OBGYN Department at the University of Michigan has only three words to describe her reaction to court ruling restricting access to fertility care in Alabama: “Shock, awe, and fear,” she said. Read more about efforts to protect access to care in Michigan at the link in our bio.…
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Record 1.4M Michiganders have ACA coverage, state uninsured rate plummets
New data shows the number of Americans enrolled in health care plans related to the Affordable Care Act has hit an all-time high.
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‘Hate that lives next door’: Senate OKs expansion to Michigan hate crime laws
Bills that passed the state Senate would change the laws surrounding hate crimes, expanding the definition from “ethnic intimidation” to “a hate crime.”
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Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin, a national security expert, gets real about the threat from Russia
The Holly native was a CIA analyst, did three tours in Iraq, and worked for the Department of Defense under two presidents. She says the ocean can’t keep Americans safe from Putin.
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Biden’s EPA announces stronger pollution standards for cars
The new standards, which are backed by the UAW, GM, and Ford will lead to “fewer asthma attacks, less heart disease, and longer lives,” said Amanda Leland, Executive Director of the Environmental Defense Fund. “The reality is clean cars will save kids.”
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80% of House Republicans support plan to cut Social Security, ban abortion, and restrict IVF
The Republican Study Committee’s proposed budget calls for cutting Social Security and Medicare and banning abortion after 15 weeks nationwide. It would also pose a threat to IVF and slash funding for rental assistance and programs that help build housing, and more.
