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Two charter amendment questions won’t be on the November ballot this November in Ypsilanti due to the City Clerk’s office missing the filing deadline. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

A group of Ypsilanti residents have appeared to have gathered enough signatures to place a charter amendment on the November ballot eliminating the partisan primary for city races. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

Voters in Saline will have two ballot questions on the upcoming presidential primary election. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has this report.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has asked a federal court to dismiss a legal challenge against the state. It was filed against the voter-approved amendment to the state constitution that guarantees reproductive rights. We have more from Rick Pluta.

A group of Republican state lawmakers is going after two voter-approved Michigan constitutional amendments in federal court. Colin Jackson has more.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Wednesday to formally strike Michigan’s unenforceable abortion law from the books. That law was preempted by an amendment adopted by voters last year. But Whitmer says there is symbolic and practical value to making the restrictive abortion law disappear. Rick Pluta reports.

The constitutional amendment enshrining abortion rights in Michigan formally takes effect today. And it’s an amendment that’s being celebrated by Washtenaw County’s prosecutor. WEMU’s Cathy Shafran has more.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive directive Wednesday to make sure state government is ready to comply with the new abortion rights amendment to the Michigan Constitution. Rick Pluta reports.

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.

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.