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Governor Gretchen Whitmer appears to have won her bid for a second term, fending off a challenge from Republican Tudor Dixon.Rick Pluta has more.

For three and a half decades, Republicans have either run the agenda in Lansing or at least had veto power amid Democrats’ shifting fortunes. At no point since 1983 have Democrats simultaneously held the governor’s office, the state House and the Michigan Senate. But Democrats are cautiously eyeing the possibility that this could finally be their year. Rick Pluta has more.

Candidates and ballot campaigns are making their closing arguments heading into the final week before Election Day. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Michigan has been an abortion rights battleground since June, when the US Supreme Court issued the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe versus Wade. Proposal 3 is an attempt to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. But the issue is more complex than a single up-or-down vote, and the controversy will almost certainly linger past the November election. Rick Pluta has more.

Differences over guns and abortion were a big part of the final debate tonight in the campaign for governor. Rick Pluta reports.

Proposal Three is one of the three constitutional amendments that Michiganders will see on the November ballot. The Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti Chamber of Commerce hosted an event to explore both sides of the abortion debate. WEMU’s Josh Hakala was there.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Republican challenger Tudor Dixon fought over abortion, guns and schools in the first of two debates prior to the November election. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The three constitutional amendments on the November ballot will get an in-depth analysis of both sides of the issues Friday morning. WEMU’s Josh Hakala has a preview.

The future of abortion rights in Michigan is on the November ballot. Proposal Three would enshrine abortion rights in the Michigan Constitution. If adopted, it would supersede a 1931 state law that would ban most abortions and punish abortion providers. But the proposal would not settle every question regarding abortion rights in Michigan, as we hear from Rick Pluta.

A group of more than 500 doctors has filed a brief with the Michigan Supreme Court calling for a ruling that abortion rights are protected. We have more from Rick Pluta.