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Whitmer to tech giants: Don't 'harm' women seeking abortions

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer encouraged the leaders of the nation's top tech companies to take "immediate measures" Wednesday to protect users' data, suggesting the information could be used to prosecute women or medical professionals involved in abortions.

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Michigan Democrats urge House probe of GOP lawmaker's role in election tabulator 'conspiracy'

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Democrats are asking Republican House Speaker Jason Wentworth to authorize an investigation into whether a GOP lawmaker "misused" government resources as part of an alleged "conspiracy" to obtain voting machines in the battleground state.

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‘American rebellion’: the lockdown protests that paved the way for the Capitol riots

In this extract, New Yorker writer Luke Mogelson follows rightwing militias in Michigan protesting lockdown restrictions in 2020. It was a lesson in the attitudes that led to the US Capitol attack the following January

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Michigan GOP nominates Hernandez for lieutenant governor at occasionally combative convention

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Republicans officially set their ticket of candidates for November at an occasionally combative convention Saturday in downtown Lansing, where former state Rep. Shane Hernandez was selected as the party's nominee for lieutenant governor.

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Michigan Chipotle store's workers unionize, a 1st for chain

A union says workers at a Chipotle store in Michigan have voted to unionize, becoming the first of the Mexican fast-food chain’s 3,000 locations to do so

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A Chipotle restaurant in Michigan becomes the first in the chain to unionize

A Chipotle restaurant in Lansing, Mich., voted Thursday to unionize, making it the first of the chain's nearly 3,000 locations to do so.

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Abortion and voting rights proposals should make Nov. 8 ballot, Michigan bureau says

LANSING, Mich. — A proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the Michigan Constitution gathered enough valid signatures to make the November ballot, according to state Bureau of Elections reports published Thursday.

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Trump backs Shane Hernandez for lieutenant governor in Michigan, says state's Republicans 'must unite'

LANSING, Mich. — Former President Donald Trump on Monday touted GOP gubernatorial nominee Tudor Dixon's lieutenant governor pick Shane Hernandez and called on Michigan Republicans to "work together" ahead of a convention that some party members fear could turn contentious.

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Michigan Supreme Court will have final word on abortion access, Justice Bernstein says

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein told hundreds of Democrats Sunday that his court will have the final say on abortion rights in Michigan.

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GOP's former gubernatorial hopefuls in Michigan mull running with Dixon, set stage for possible lieutenant governor fight

LANSING, Mich. — Former Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidates Ryan Kelley and Ralph Rebandt said Wednesday they were considering seeking their party's nomination for lieutenant governor, opening the door to a potential fight at the Aug. 27 GOP convention.

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has mild symptoms of COVID-19

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer revealed she tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday night, more than two years into the state's fight with the pandemic.

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Michigan Gov. Whitmer subpoenaed to testify in abortion rights case

A Lansing-area lawyer issued a subpoena Monday requiring Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to take the stand at a court hearing next week on the Democratic governor's legal effort to stop enforcement of Michigan's abortion ban.

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Donald Trump to host fundraiser for Michigan secretary of state candidate Karamo

LANSING, Mich. — Former President Donald Trump will host a fundraiser for Michigan secretary of state candidate Kristina Karamo on Aug. 16 at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

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Michigan State football adds 2023 Lansing Catholic ATH Brandon Lewis as PWO

Michigan State adds 2023 Lansing Catholic ATH Brandon Lewis as PWO

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Michigan Republican Party calls Tudor Dixon winner of primary race for governor

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Republican Party declared conservative commentator Tudor Dixon the winner of the GOP primary race for governor Tuesday night.

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Gov. Whitmer asks Oakland County judge to block prosecutors from enforcing Michigan abortion ban

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer asked an Oakland County Circuit Court judge on Monday to issue an immediate restraining order against 13 county prosecutors who are in a position to enforce Michigan’s long-dormant ban on abortions being performed within their jurisdictions.

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Michigan secretary of state: Attempts to block election certification will be 'futile'

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says her office will not tolerate any effort to obstruct the certification of Tuesday's primary election based on "partisan games" or "baseless lies."

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County prosecutors can enforce Michigan abortion ban, appeals court rules

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Monday that county prosecutors can enforce Michigan's ban on abortion despite a state judge's injunction currently blocking state officials from enforcing the ban.

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Michigan high court bars discrimination on sexual orientation

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Supreme Court on Thursday ruled Michigan's current laws against discrimination based on sex includes a ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation, a ruling that effectively stops businesses from denying services or employment opportunities to the gay community.

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Whitmer's $9.5M cash haul boosted by celebrities, donors from every state

LANSING, Mich. — A California movie director, a Nevada politician, a Hawaii architect and a rancher from Montana provided four of the more than 90,000 contributions that resulted in a record fundraising haul for Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's reelection campaign over the first seven months of 2022.

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Disqualified Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidates spent about $11 million

LANSING, Mich. — The campaigns of five Republican candidates for Michigan governor who were disqualified from the ballot because of a wave of fraudulent petition signatures collectively spent about $11 million on their bids for the state's highest office, according to new disclosures.

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Michigan appeals court rejects suit seeking to keep Ryan Kelley off ballot

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Court of Appeals rejected Thursday a lawsuit backed by a liberal group that sought to keep Republican gubernatorial hopeful Ryan Kelley off the November ballot, contending he had engaged in "insurrection" on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Mich. Democrats seek probe of 11 GOP lawmakers for 'seditious conspiracy' to overturn 2020 election

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan House Democrats introduced a resolution Wednesday asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate 11 of their Republican colleagues for attempting "to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election."

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Parents of accused Oxford High shooter appeal charges, seek to exclude son's texts

LANSING, Mich. – Defense attorneys for the parents of the accused Oxford High School shooter are asking the Michigan Court of Appeals to overturn pretrial rulings that bound them over to circuit court to stand trial, and they also seek to bar their son’s journal, emails or texts to be…

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Michigan Gov. Whitmer bans extradition of out-of-state residents seeking abortions. What's the impact?

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday signed an executive order blocking the extradition of individuals who travel from states' outlawing abortion to Michigan to obtain an abortion.

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