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Attorney General Dana Nessel has asked for an outside prosecutor to take over an inquiry into allegations of election tampering. The reason is one of the targets is her likely Republican opponent on the November ballot. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Michigan’s civil rights law includes protections from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Rick Pluta reports.

Michigan House Democrats called Wednesday for a federal investigation into some of their Republican colleagues for “seditious conspiracy.” Colin Jackson has more.

Michigan’s governor says she won’t help other states with extradition of some people who face charges related to traveling to Michigan for an abortion. Colin Jackson has more on a new executive order.

The Michigan Reproductive Freedom for All campaign turned in petitions this week to put abortion rights into the state Constitution. That’s several hundred thousand registered voters who’ve put their names on paper as supporting the cause. And that support could extend beyond abortion rights and offer some help for Democrats and progressives going into this November’s elections and beyond. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The Michigan Legislature’s Republican leaders have asked the Michigan Court of Appeals to allow the state’s ban on most abortions to go into effect. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The Michigan Legislature’s Republican leaders say they want to step in to defend the state’s dormant abortion ban if Attorney General Dana Nessel won’t. We have more from Rick Pluta.

There are calls for investigations and court battles are likely after the Michigan Bureau of Elections determined five Republican candidates for governor failed to file enough valid signatures to qualify for the August primary ballot. We have more from Rick Pluta.

An official legal opinion from Attorney General Dana Nessel says the state has failed to comply with a 1978 law that requires it create a registry and safety rules for medical tests conducted on animals. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Tuesday that she won’t prosecute abortion cases if Roe versus Wade is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court – but she acknowledged that she cannot stop local prosecutors from enforcing a long-dormant state abortion ban. We have more from Rick Pluta.