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Barrett has early edge over Slotkin in tossup race for Michigan's 7th District

DETROIT — Republican state Sen. Tom Barrett had an early lead over Democratic U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin in their tossup race for Congress in mid-Michigan, where it's possible the results won't be known until Wednesday.

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GOP mailers feature Michigan Democratic candidates' cellphone numbers

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Democrats accused the state Republican Party on Thursday of crossing an ethical line in a volatile political climate by including the personal cellphone numbers of Democratic candidates in campaign mailers.

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GOP's Cheney visits Michigan to support Democrat Slotkin bid

Republican Liz Cheney visited Michigan on Tuesday to support Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin in her Lansing-area race against Republican Tom Barrett

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GOP's Tudor Dixon gains ground, but Gov. Gretchen Whitmer still leads in Michigan, poll finds

LANSING, Mich. — Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer holds a 9 percentage point lead over Republican challenger Tudor Dixon in the final days of the race to see who will lead Michigan for the next four years, according to a new poll sponsored by The Detroit News and WDIV-TV.

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Awaiting voters’ decision on abortion, when medicine and politics collide

LANSING, Mich. — The fight over abortion is steaming toward a political resolution across Michigan as activists, policymakers, politicians, providers and would-be-patients eye the Nov. 8 election.

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Kids’ mental health care leaves parents in debt and in the shadows

Rachel and her husband adopted Marcus out of Guatemalan foster care as a 7-month-old infant and brought him home to Lansing, Michigan. With a round face framed by a full head of dark hair, Marcus was giggly and verbal — learning names of sea animals off flashcards, impressing other adults.

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Ahead of Nov. 8 election, Michigan AG Dana Nessel's office says officials who violate 'clear legal duty' risk removal

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's office issued a letter this week, saying state appointees who go against a "clear legal duty" might risk losing their positions, a likely warning to members of the board in charge of certifying the state's elections.

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she'll serve full 4-year term if reelected

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vowed in an interview Tuesday to serve a full four-year term if she's reelected on Nov. 8, pushing back against speculation that a run for higher office could be in her near future.

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Michigan Gov. Whitmer signs elections bills, allowing two days of absentee ballot pre-processing

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday signed a package of bills allowing clerks in large cities two days of pre-processing time to make it faster to tabulate absentee ballots on Election Day.

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's lead over Tudor Dixon stretches to 17 points, new poll says

LANSING, Mich. — Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's lead over Republican challenger Tudor Dixon has reached 17 percentage points with five weeks remaining before the Nov. 8 mid-term election, according to a new poll from The Detroit News and WDIV-TV.

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Boston reportedly cuts training camp invitee Denzel Valentine after Blake Griffin news

The Lansing native never got a chance to suit up for Boston in his time with the Maine Celtics.

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Michigan Legislature allows absentee ballot preprocessing before election

LANSING, Mich. — State leaders have reached a deal to allow the preprocessing of absentee ballots starting two days before the Nov. 8 election in large communities, according to the chairwoman of the House Elections and Ethics Committee.

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EPA approves Ultium Cells battery components for Michigan plant

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved Ultium Cells LLC to build an electric vehicle battery component at the request of a bipartisan group of Michigan lawmakers.

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Michigan clerks who gave away tabulators risk ability to run elections, letters show

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan clerks who handed over voting tabulators to aid investigations into unproven claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election could lose their ability to administer future elections unless they confirm they've stopped allowing unauthorized access to equipment.

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Michigan lieutenant governor candidate removes photo featuring militia movement flag

LANSING, Mich. — Shane Hernandez, the Republican nominee to be Michigan's lieutenant governor, posted and then deleted a photo of himself with the flag of an anti-government militia movement in the background on Saturday.

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Michigan GOP AG candidate once said he had 'lab' where he could show how to 'stuff' ballots

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Republican attorney general candidate Matt DePerno told a crowd last year he had a "lab" where he could take people and show them how election equipment can be manipulated, according to a previously unreported video obtained by The Detroit News.

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has 26 times the campaign cash Tudor Dixon does

LANSING, Mich. — Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer reported Thursday having $14 million available in her campaign fundraising account, 26 times the total disclosed by her Republican opponent Tudor Dixon, $523,930.

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Michigan State Police investigating after a voting machine is found for sale on eBay

LANSING, Mich. — An alleged attempt to sell a piece of voting equipment on eBay is under investigation by law enforcement, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's office said Thursday.

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Whitmer to tech giants: Don't 'harm' women seeking abortions

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer encouraged the leaders of the nation's top tech companies to take "immediate measures" Wednesday to protect users' data, suggesting the information could be used to prosecute women or medical professionals involved in abortions.

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Michigan Democrats urge House probe of GOP lawmaker's role in election tabulator 'conspiracy'

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Democrats are asking Republican House Speaker Jason Wentworth to authorize an investigation into whether a GOP lawmaker "misused" government resources as part of an alleged "conspiracy" to obtain voting machines in the battleground state.

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‘American rebellion’: the lockdown protests that paved the way for the Capitol riots

In this extract, New Yorker writer Luke Mogelson follows rightwing militias in Michigan protesting lockdown restrictions in 2020. It was a lesson in the attitudes that led to the US Capitol attack the following January

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Michigan GOP nominates Hernandez for lieutenant governor at occasionally combative convention

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Republicans officially set their ticket of candidates for November at an occasionally combative convention Saturday in downtown Lansing, where former state Rep. Shane Hernandez was selected as the party's nominee for lieutenant governor.

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Michigan Chipotle store's workers unionize, a 1st for chain

A union says workers at a Chipotle store in Michigan have voted to unionize, becoming the first of the Mexican fast-food chain’s 3,000 locations to do so

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A Chipotle restaurant in Michigan becomes the first in the chain to unionize

A Chipotle restaurant in Lansing, Mich., voted Thursday to unionize, making it the first of the chain's nearly 3,000 locations to do so.

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Abortion and voting rights proposals should make Nov. 8 ballot, Michigan bureau says

LANSING, Mich. — A proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the Michigan Constitution gathered enough valid signatures to make the November ballot, according to state Bureau of Elections reports published Thursday.

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