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GRETCHEN WHITMER

‘Heartbreaking’: Whitmer, Michigan electeds denounce attack on Jewish community in West Bloomfield

As federal, state and local law enforcement agencies continue to investigate the motives and the identity of a suspect who rammed a vehicle into West Bloomfield’s Temple Israel and opened fire before being killed by a security officer, Michigan’s elected officials offered prayers, denounced violence and called for an end to intimidation against the state’s Jewish community.

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Michigan Legislature passes eight day continuation budget, votes expected Thursday

In the thick of a government shutdown that lasted just one hour, the Michigan House and Senate passed a continuation budget to hold the state over for the next eight days—a move that was described as giving legislative staffers some cushion to finish drafting the final budget deal hammered out into the small hours of Wednesday morning.

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