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Harris campaign, civil rights group condemn white supremacist march in Howell
Condemnation continues following a demonstration Saturday in Howell featuring a dozen masked white supremacists carrying signs with messages like “White Lives Matter.”
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Whitmer signs bills ending gay panic defense, driver responsibility fee
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Michigan’s $23.4B education budget into law this week, as well as 39 other bills—including one to ban the “gay panic” legal defense.
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Harris campaign sees surge in Michigan volunteers
Donations are not the only thing the presidential campaign of Kamala Harris has seen a record-breaking increase in; so, too, are the number of people volunteering for the campaign.
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Many Michigan Black political and religious leaders back Harris for president
Leading Black Michigan Democrats believe Vice President Kamala Harris has a viable path to defeat ex-President Donald Trump.
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Michigan businessman Sandy Pensler drops Republican bid for Senate
As former President Donald Trump played to supporters in Grand Rapids, Republican businessman Sandy Pensler and former US Rep. Mike Rogers briefly stole the spotlight.
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Lawsuit seeks to overturn Michigan’s ban on conversion therapy for minors
A lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court seeking to overturn Michigan’s ban on conversion therapy for minors.
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Michigan voters unlikely to see any statewide proposals on ballot in November
Monday was the deadline for constitutional amendments to make the November general election ballot, and none of the eight separate efforts made it across the finish line.
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US Reps. Dingell and Stevens endorse Michigan Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet for Congress
US Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-Ann Arbor) and Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) have endorsed Michigan State Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet’s (D-Bay City) bid to represent Michigan’s 8th Congressional District.
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Man sentenced to prison for threatening life of former Michigan clerk
An Indiana man who threatened to kill then-Rochester Hills Clerk Tina Barton, a Republican, days after the 2020 election has been sentenced to federal prison.
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‘Melody’s Law’ criminalizing necrophilia in Michigan signed into law
The Legislature unanimously decided a loophole in Michigan criminal law needed to be closed and now it’s been signed into law by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
