Politics
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Biden-Harris administration’s Medicare drug price negotiations secure $6 billion in savings for taxpayers
The White House estimates that these new prices will lead to around $6 billion in savings for the Medicare program in 2026. The new prices will be anywhere from 38% to 79% lower than the drugs’ list prices last year, saving seniors on Medicare an estimated $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs in 2026 alone.
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Michigan’s Divine Nine chapters plan to turn out the vote this election
While a newfound excitement about US politics has arrived for many in recent weeks, the National Panhellenic Council (NPHC), sometimes referred to as the Divine Nine, is gearing up to turn out the vote in November.
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UAW files federal labor charges against Trump and Elon Musk
The United Auto Workers Union (UAW) announced Tuesday that it has filed federal charges against former President Donald Trump and Tesla Founder Elon Musk saying the pair illegally threatened and intimidated workers.
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Granholm: Federal investments put Michigan union workers at heart of clean energy boom
Michigan’s union workers have a big role to play in the nationwide transition to clean energy.
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Opinion: Republicans want to repeal the modern family
From Project 2025 and JD Vance all the way down to state lawmakers, a growing number of far-right Republicans are waging war on modern families. Whether it’s attacking child care programs, encouraging women to stay in abusive marriages, or making it harder for same-sex couples to adopt, the modern right is fighting to repeal the…
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Inside Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos
One centerpiece of that program is dozens of never-before-published videos created for Project 2025’s Presidential Administration Academy. The vast majority of these videos — 23 in all, totaling more than 14 hours of content — were provided to ProPublica and Documented by a person who had access to them.
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Workforce development program fast-tracks Michigan nurses’ training to ease shortages
The Biden-Harris administration’s American Rescue Plan provided Michigan nursing schools and health care centers with much-needed funding to help them invest in the health care workforce.
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How the Biden-Harris administration expanded child care benefits in Michigan
Harris has also sought to align school and work hours, expand after-school and summer programs, and guarantee paid leave for parents and caregivers.
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Harris helped cut insulin prices for 122,000 Michigan seniors
Hundreds of thousands of Michigan seniors, including a Portage manufacturer, are seeing big savings in prescription drug costs, thanks to the Biden-Harris administration.
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Kamala Harris’ policy priorities are focused on making healthcare more affordable for Michiganders
The American Rescue Plan and Inflation Reduction Act lowered healthcare premiums, lowered drug costs and made vaccines free for Michigan seniors on Medicare, and eliminated medical debt for hundreds of thousands of Michiganders.
