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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers her fifth State of the State address on Jan. 25, 2023.
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Whitmer to deliver her second-to-last State of the State on February 26

Rick Pluta January 20, 2025

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday that her second-to-last State of the State address to the public and a joint session...

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FILE - People attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial marking MLK Day in Washington, Jan. 16, 2023.
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Civil rights leaders and King family mark MLK Day as a special call to action as Trump takes office

Associated Press January 20, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in as president of the United States inside the Capitol’s rotunda, he...

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Devotees of TikTok cheer their support to passing motorists at the Capitol in Washington, before the House passed a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban of the popular video app if its China-based owner doesn't sell, Wednesday, March 13, 2024.
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Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company

Associated Press January 17, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it's sold by its China-based parent...

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House committee advances bills to slow minimum wage increases, scale back paid sick leave guarantee

Colin Jackson January 17, 2025

A state House committee approved legislation Thursday to scale back minimum wage and earned sick time laws set to take...

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FILE - Protesters rally in Detroit against the Department of Homeland Security's order to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
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Detroit Evening Report: Nessel taking steps to protect DACA recipients in Michigan

Nargis Rahman January 16, 2025

Michigan’s Attorney General Dana Nessel says Michigan is one of 14 states taking legal action to protect health insurance access...

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Hamtramck Police Department seeks applicants for first Citizen Academy

Nargis Rahman January 16, 2025

The Hamtramck Police Department is rolling out a new Citizens Police Academy  — a new course for Hamtramck leaders to...

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State Rep. Karl Bohnak (left) and Rep. David Prestin discuss RICE generator legislation.
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House bills would exempt UP gas generators in clean energy legislation

Colin Jackson January 16, 2025

Michigan House Republicans are renewing an effort to count around a dozen Upper Peninsula natural gas generators as clean energy....

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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to union members, firefighters, and their families at a campaign stop in Redford Twp., Michigan.
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Michigan voters abandoned Harris over Gaza policy, poll suggests

Russ McNamara January 16, 2025

Hundreds of thousand of voters across the country marked "Uncommitted" on their Democratic presidential primary ballot as a way of...

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FILE - A view of the TikTok app logo, in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 28, 2020.
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The Metro: Potential US TikTok ban weighs national security against free speech

The Metro, David Leins, Trevor McConico, Lauren Myers January 15, 2025

The social media platform TikTok could be banned in the U.S. as early as this week if the Supreme Court...

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Former Detroit City Council President Saunteel Jenkins
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Detroit Evening Report: Former Detroit Council President Saunteel Jenkins announces bid for mayor

Jerome Vaughn January 15, 2025

Former Detroit City Council President Saunteel Jenkins announced her plans to run for mayor of Detroit this week.Subscribe to the...

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FILE - President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, July 24, 2024, about his decision to drop his Democratic presidential reelection bid.
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Biden warns in farewell address that ‘oligarchy’ of ultrarich in US threatens future of democracy

Associated Press January 15, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation Wednesday to deliver stark warnings of an “oligarchy” of...

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Palestinians celebrate the announcement of a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.
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Officials tout a Gaza ceasefire deal and plan to free hostages. Israel says details still in flux

Associated Press January 15, 2025

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal to pause the devastating war in the Gaza...

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