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The Michigan Democratic Party is continuing to push abortion rights to the forefront of its midterm election pitch. Colin Jackson has more.
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A Republican-sponsored bill in the state Legislature would impose harsh penalties on abortion providers. The legislation was introduced as the U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to rule in a case that could roll back abortion rights protections. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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Bills to preempt many future state and local COVID-19 emergency orders are expected to be voted out of a Republican-controlled state House committee today. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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A Republican-led state House committee held its first hearing Wednesday on bills to rein in executive branch crisis management powers, including the ability to issue sweeping emergency orders like the ones used by Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to address the COVID-19 crisis. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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Michigan’s Republican-led state Senate stalled action Tuesday on a resolution to recognize June of this year as “LGBTQ Pride Month” in the state. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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A federal judge has denied gubernatorial hopeful Perry Johnson’s request to put his name on the Republican primary ballot. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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Ryan Kelley, who is running for the Republican nomination for governor of Michigan, was arrested Thursday by the FBI and formally charged in federal court with taking part in the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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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.
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The state attorney general’s office has opened an investigation into whether campaign finance laws were broken by two political funds with ties to Michigan Senate Republicans. The case was referred to the attorney general’s office by campaign finance officials over donations made to the ballot campaign to repeal the law that allows Michigan’s health director to declare a public health emergency. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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Ford announced Thursday that it plans to expand production of electric and internal combustion-powered vehicles at plants in Michigan and Ohio. The announcement was made at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual policy conference on Mackinac Island. Rick Pluta was there.