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A coalition of educators and parents and students wants to raise over $1 billion annually for K-12 schools by taxing high income earners. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor reports.

A ballot measure to raise taxes on Michiganders making over $500,000 a year got delayed Thursday at a state elections board meeting. Colin Jackson has more.

A ballot campaign planning to launch soon would ask voters to ban political donations from committees affiliated with utility monopolies and from with public contractors. We have more from Rick Pluta.

With the Ann Arbor City Council narrowly rejecting beginning the move toward replacing DTE with a municipally owned public utility, Ann Arbor for Public Power is now seeking an alternate route. 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.

Today is the final day of this Michigan Supreme Court term with some big decisions still outstanding. We have more from Rick Pluta.

A challenge filed with a statewide elections board seeks to keep presidential candidate Cornel West off the ballot. Colin Jackson has more.

Michigan’s House Elections Committee could forward bills concerning how officials review petition signatures to the full House floor today. Colin Jackson has more.

Republican US Senate candidate Mike Rogers will appear on Michigan’s November ballot. As Colin Jackson reports, that’s despite a last-minute effort from Democrats to challenge his nominating petitions.

Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti are the only municipalities in the state that have partisan city elections. WEMU's Taylor Bowie has more.