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Michigan Gov. Whitmer vetoes bill informing absentee applicants they can't vote more than once

DETROIT — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday vetoed legislation that would include information on an absentee ballot application informing a potential voter it is a felony to vote more than once in the same election.

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Michigan Democrats challenging petitions of 3 GOP candidates for governor

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Democratic Party is challenging the petition signatures of three top Republican candidates for governor with one lawyer alleging "massive criminal forgery" took place within one campaign.

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Dems challenge 3 Michigan GOP governor candidates' petitions

The Michigan Democratic Party is challenging three top Republican gubernatorial candidates’ nominating petitions, alleging forged signatures and other issues that could keep them from qualifying for the GOP primary

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New book: Sen. Duckworth’s pushback after Biden rejects her for VP, worried about Thailand birth

“I’ve beaten every a—h—- who’s come after me with that,” Duckworth told Biden, recounted in “This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for America’s Future.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Accused Whitmer kidnappers push for acquittals following feds' landmark loss

DETROIT — Two men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer asked a federal judge Friday to acquit them of the charges, two weeks after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict.

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Michigan pauses collection of pandemic unemployment insurance overpayments

The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency announced April 8 a temporary pause on the collection of unemployment insurance overpayments issued during the coronavirus pandemic. The pause prevents the state from garnishing wages or intercepting state tax returns until at least May 7.

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Michigan agency requests federal bias probe into Grand Rapids Police Department

DETROIT — The Michigan Department of Civil Rights has requested an investigation into the Grand Rapids Police Department's practices, Grand Rapids U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge confirmed Tuesday.

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Michigan GOP candidates for governor divide on Grand Rapids police shooting

LANSING, Mich. — Republican candidates to be Michigan's next governor took diverging paths this week in responding to videos that showed a Grand Rapids police officer fatally shooting 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya.

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Michigan judge assigned abortion law case is a donor to plaintiff Planned Parenthood

DETROIT — A Michigan Court of Claims judge assigned a high-profile challenge of Michigan's 1931 abortion ban disclosed Thursday that she is an annual donor to Planned Parenthood of Michigan, the main plaintiff in the lawsuit.

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Everything we know about police killing of Patrick Lyoya

‘He arrived in the United States as a refugee with his family fleeing violence. He had his whole life ahead of him,’ governor says

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Demonstrators march for Patrick Lyoya after police release video of officer fatally shooting Black man

The 26-year-old’s family released a statement Wednesday asking for demonstrators to “remain peaceful”

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Police in Grand Rapids, Michigan, release incendiary footage of an officer shooting Patrick Lyoya in the head

It took just minutes for a routine traffic stop in Grand Rapids to turn into another police killing of an unarmed Black man.

Mic

Gov. Whitmer promises 'transparent, independent' probe of Grand Rapids shooting

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vowed Wednesday afternoon that the Michigan State Police will conduct a "transparent, independent investigation" into a Grand Rapids police officer's fatal shooting of 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya.

Tribune News Service

Video shows Patrick Lyoya shot in head by Michigan officer

Video shows a Michigan police officer struggling with a Black man over a Taser before fatally shooting him in the head while the man was face down on the ground

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Evening Standard

Patrick Lyoya: Video shows officer kneeling on black man before shooting him in head

A black man pinned to the ground by a Michigan police officer was shot in the back of the head, according to footage released of the violenct incident on Thursday.

France 24

Michigan police shot Black driver dead after traffic stop, videos show

A Black man face-down on the ground was fatally shot in the back of the head by a police officer in Michigan, the violent climax of a traffic stop, brief foot chase and struggle over a stun gun, according to videos of the April 4 incident released Wednesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Video shows cop shooting man in head in Grand Rapids, Mich.

The video was released Wednesday by new chief Eric Winstrom, a former high-ranking Chicago police commander.

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Republican Ryan Kelley files for governor, calls for dumping Michigan's voting machines

LANSING, Mich. — Activist and real estate broker Ryan Kelley of Allendale became the fifth Michigan Republican to file petition signatures to run for governor Wednesday, saying "election integrity" is the top issue across the state.

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FBI’s tactics doomed case against men charged in kidnapping plot of Michigan governor

The appearance of entrapment, and the difficulty of distinguishing between fantasy and criminal conspiracy, explains the embarrassing outcome of the federal trial in which jurors acquitted two alleged conspirators and failed to reach verdicts for the other two.

Reason

A Federal Jury Delivers a Rebuke of FBI Entrapment

The agency’s tactics doomed the prosecution of defendants who allegedly planned to kidnap Michigan's governor.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: 2 men in Gov. Whitmer plot could be tried again

A jury last week couldn't reach a unanimous verdict for two men charged with a conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Tribune News Service

Lack of convictions in Whitmer kidnap trial followed year of scandal, warning signs

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The largest domestic terrorism trial in recent U.S. history ended with no convictions Friday, delivering a blow to a case about a kidnapping plot targeting Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that has been dogged by controversy, scandal and the intense focus of a nation grappling with the…

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In outcome of Whitmer case, some see freedom, others danger

A jury's decision not to convict any of the four men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov_ Gretchen Whitmer is further evidence of the political polarization in the U_S_ A defense lawyer for one of the men says it shows freedom still exists, and that the men's actions were…

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Whitmer kidnap plot: 2 men acquitted, hung jury for 2 more

Jurors have acquitted two defendants of all charges in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer but couldn't agree on a verdict for two others

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