State Economy
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8 quick hits of cannabis news from across Michigan
There’s never a shortage of cannabis news in Michigan as the state inches closer to becoming the nation’s weed capital.
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Opinion: The Farm Bill is about fair food. Congress should listen.
Congress must prioritize the health and well-being of families in rural Michigan and across the US by fully funding food assistance programs and increasing access to healthy and affordable foods.
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Whitmer signs bills to allow home health care workers to unionize, expand cash assistance program
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday signed a bevy of bills into law, including more than half a dozen dealing with health care and family support.
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Slotkin and Rogers clash on abortion, national security and pocketbook issues in 1st debate
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin and former US Rep. Mike Rogers took the debate stage to make their case for succeeding US Sen. Debbie Stabenow as Michigan’s next senator.
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Michigan voters share why they’re supporting Kamala Harris at Flint rally
Thousands of Michiganders packed inside a large hockey arena in Flint this month to see Vice President Kamala Harris make her fourth campaign stop in Michigan since she became the Democratic nominee for president of the United States.
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Harris vows to defend Michigan auto manufacturing jobs at massive Flint rally
Thousands of Michiganders packed inside Dort Financial Center in Flint to rally in support of Vice President Kamala Harris during her fourth campaign stop in Michigan.
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Vance draws ire for not backing federal funds for Lansing GM EV plant
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says comments made in Michigan Wednesday by vice presidential candidate U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) are a “middle finger to Michigan auto workers.”
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Survey finds majority of Michigan Democrats and Republicans reject Trump tariff proposal
According to a recent survey, voters in six swing states have spoken out against Trump’s proposals of raising tariffs.
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Federal funds to restart Michigan nuclear plant, mark ‘powerful clean energy comeback story’
Federal investments from the Biden-Harris administration will help restart a shuttered power plant, generate cleaner energy in southwest Michigan, and save thousands of jobs.
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Mike Rogers says Medicare negotiating drug price reductions is ‘sugar high politics’
Former US Rep. Mike Rogers (R-White Lake)said he was “passionately against” allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, which he referred to as “sugar high politics.”
