State Politics
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Detroit boutique owner details impacts of tariffs as deadline for deals passes without ceremony
With President Donald Trump’s administration once again pushing back its deadline for negotiating new international trade deals, small business owners—including a Detroit boutique owner—voiced their concerns on a Wednesday press call, outlining how continued uncertainty around global trade had impacted their business.
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7 ways Trump’s new budget law will hurt—and literally kill—Michiganders
From slashing health care and food assistance to gutting Michigan’s clean energy future, President Donald Trump’s budget bill poses real risks for Michiganders. Some won’t survive.
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Michigan advocates warn Medicaid cuts will close hospitals as hundreds of thousands lose coverage
The sweeping and draconian cuts to Medicaid by the Trump administration and congressional Republicans have left healthcare advocates around the country reeling.
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Opinion: Michigan youth wants more choices, and ranked choice voting delivers
Michigan College Democrat makes the case for ranked choice voting statewide.
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Demonstrators gather on Independence Day to protest ICE detention center in Baldwin
Approximately 100 demonstrators gathered Friday in West Michigan to denounce the reopening of what was previously the North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin.
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Ballot initiative seeks to ban political contributions from monopoly corporations, like utilities
A ballot initiative is in the works to ban corporations with large existing or pending government contracts from making political contributions to candidates for office and sitting lawmakers.
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6 quick hits of cannabis news from across Michigan
Corporate cannabis companies are sweating. Small growers are thriving. And top officials at the state’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency are keeping everyone on edge. Here’s what you might’ve missed from the world of weed.
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Benson says school funding needs to be decoupled from property wealth
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who is running for governor as a Democrat, is previewing her plan to bring Michigan’s education system from being one of the bottom 10 in the country to one of the top 10.
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Lawmakers consider bills to prevent AI from harming Michiganders
Artificial intelligence is rapidly improving, quicker than the government is able to regulate it, posing issues as the technology becomes capable of enacting great harm to human life, AI stakeholders told Michigan lawmakers Wednesday.
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Personal testimonies reveal what’s at stake in Medicaid debates
As the US Senate debates drastic cuts to the Medicaid program under the GOP’s “big beautiful bill,” Michiganders are stepping up to share what’s at stake.
