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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.

A Michigan petition to allow prisoners to reduce their time behind bars through good behavior won’t continue. It didn’t collect enough signatures to make it to the ballot by Wednesday's deadline. We hear more from Colin Jackson.

A referendum campaign is targeting a Michigan law allowing courts to temporarily keep guns from those deemed a threat to themselves or others. Colin Jackson has more.

A petition campaign seeking to eliminate property taxes in Michigan was dealt a setback Monday by a state elections board. The campaign says it may skip that step and start collecting signatures anyway. Rick Pluta reports.

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