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Voters in multiple Michigan counties still lack absentee ballots after clerks miss mailing deadline michiganadvance.com/2026/09/30/v... Via @hayleyharding.bsky.social w/ @votebeat.org
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Voters in multiple Michigan counties still lack absentee ballots after clerks miss mailing deadline • Michigan Advance
Several Michigan clerks missed the deadline to mail absentee ballots, despite state laws that require them to be sent to voters at least 40 days before the election — which, for the 2026 midterms, was...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 2h
Trump TV ads paid for with $20M in Homeland Security funds, Dems find michiganadvance.com/2026/09/29/r...
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Trump TV ads paid for with $20M in Homeland Security funds, Dems find • Michigan Advance
President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call ...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 3h
Michigan secretary of state hopefuls discuss election security, office priorities michiganadvance.com/2026/09/30/m... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Michigan secretary of state hopefuls discuss election security, office priorities • Michigan Advance
The five Michigan Secretary of State nominees from across the political spectrum appeared together for a virtual forum Tuesday hosted by the League of Women Voters, parsing questions on election secur...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 3h
US Supreme Court allows Trump to resume deportations outside immigrants’ home countries michiganadvance.com/2026/09/29/r...
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US Supreme Court allows Trump to resume deportations outside immigrants’ home countries • Michigan Advance
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted, for now, the Trump administration’s request to continue rapid third-country deportation of immigrants to countries not their own.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 4h
South Lyon City Council votes to cover cameras, end contract with Flock michiganadvance.com/2026/09/30/s... From @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
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South Lyon City Council votes to cover cameras, end contract with Flock • Michigan Advance
After instructing city officials to examine the legal implications of ending their contract for a pair of automated license plate reader cameras, members of the South Lyon City Council on Monday moved...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 4h
Michigan Advance Trivia: Sculptor Marshall Fredericks created the Barbour Memorial fountain on Belle Isle. What other Detroit sculpture is he best known for? Check back later for the answer.
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ALT: I Need Answers - Violent Shake
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 4h
Congressional watchdog says Trump administration can’t defy lawmakers to revoke $810M michiganadvance.com/2026/09/29/r...
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Congressional watchdog says Trump administration can’t defy lawmakers to revoke $810M • Michigan Advance
The Trump administration must spend the $810 million that it said last week it planned to cancel, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 17h
GOP senator bungles accusation against former special counsel Jack Smith in heated hearing michiganadvance.com/2026/09/29/r...
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GOP senator bungles accusation against former special counsel Jack Smith in heated hearing • Michigan Advance
Former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday defended before a U.S. Senate panel his past investigations of President Donald Trump’s possession of classified documents and alleged role in attempts to ...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 17h
Citizens Research Council outlines impacts of Mop Up Michigan initiative michiganadvance.com/2026/09/29/c... From @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
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Citizens Research Council outlines impacts of Mop Up Michigan initiative • Michigan Advance
As absentee ballots make their way to voters, Michigan residents this election season are faced with another question beyond just candidates running for various offices.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 19h
Gubernatorial campaigns float gas tax suspensions as gas prices tick up across Michigan michiganadvance.com/2026/09/29/g... From @kdailey.bsky.social
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Gubernatorial campaigns float gas tax suspensions as gas prices tick up across Michigan • Michigan Advance
Both Michigan gubernatorial candidates — Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Republican U.S. Rep. John James — have floated suspending the gas tax on some level —federal or state — as aff...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 20h
Noah Arbit, Mark Bernstein join ‘Nonnegotiable’ Jewish Democrats with policy demands for El-Sayed michiganadvance.com/2026/09/29/n... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Noah Arbit, Mark Bernstein join ‘Nonnegotiable’ Jewish Democrats with policy demands for El-Sayed • Michigan Advance
Noah Arbit, Mark Bernstein join ‘Nonnegotiable’ Jewish Democrats with policy demands for El-Sayed
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 22h
Michigan Libertarian Party disavows its own gubernatorial nominee michiganadvance.com/2026/09/29/m... From @kdailey.bsky.social
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Michigan Libertarian Party disavows its own gubernatorial nominee • Michigan Advance
The Michigan Libertarian Party released a statement Tuesday afternoon disavowing Anthony Hudson, a Genesee County truck driver who is the party’s own gubernatorial candidate. The party said that “the ...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 29/09/2026
COMMENTARY from Megan Bonanni, who represents survivors of childhood sexual and institutional abuse nationwide & Erin Blayer, a survivor of Larry Nassar who advocates for survivors. When time becomes a barrier to justice for Michigan survivors  michiganadvance.com/2026/09/29/w...
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Commentary: When time becomes a barrier to justice for Michigan survivors  • Michigan Advance
As survivors of abuse come forward, the Justice for Survivors package offers Michigan lawmakers an opportunity to remove longstanding legal barriers that have kept many survivors from seeking legal ac...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 29/09/2026
Lansing protesters block Flock cameras over license plate reader contract michiganadvance.com/2026/09/29/l... From @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
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Lansing protesters block Flock cameras over license plate reader contract • Michigan Advance
As Lansing residents press the city to end its automated license plate reader contract with Flock Safety, members of DeFlock Lansing and the Michigan Capitol Visibility Brigade gathered at the interse...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 29/09/2026
Michigan Advance Trivia: How many governors has Michigan had? Check back later for the answer.
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Heisenberg Walt: We Have Questions
ALT: Heisenberg Walt: We Have Questions
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 29/09/2026
Trump used impossible foreign labor standards as tariff workaround, small businesses say michiganadvance.com/2026/09/28/r...
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Trump used impossible foreign labor standards as tariff workaround, small businesses say • Michigan Advance
WASHINGTON — Small businesses will once again challenge President Donald Trump’s tariffs in federal court this week as they continue to feel the squeeze of the administration’s roller coaster policy o...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 29/09/2026
‘Dumbfounds us all’: Congress struggles with policies rippling from AI development michiganadvance.com/2026/09/28/r...
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‘Dumbfounds us all’: Congress struggles with policies rippling from AI development • Michigan Advance
The challenges and dire threats surrounding the unchecked growth of artificial intelligence appear unlikely to move Congress or President Donald Trump to act as the U.S. Senate enters its last week be...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 29/09/2026
Governors pledge to oppose federal overreach — even when their party runs Washington michiganadvance.com/2026/09/28/r... From @stateline.org
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Governors pledge to oppose federal overreach — even when their party runs Washington • Michigan Advance
Democratic and Republican governors say they will more aggressively push back on federal overreach regardless of which party controls Washington. Earlier this month, the bipartisan National Governors ...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 28/09/2026
Trump thwarted in hunt for rare noncitizen voters as midterms near michiganadvance.com/2026/09/28/r...
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Trump thwarted in hunt for rare noncitizen voters as midterms near • Michigan Advance
Five weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump’s sprawling effort to identify and remove noncitizen voters hasn’t produced the kind of large purges that could meaningfully affect the midterm e...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 28/09/2026
K-12 spending, absenteeism programs face risks as feds stop key monitoring, watchdog says michiganadvance.com/2026/09/28/r... From @stateline.org
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K-12 spending, absenteeism programs face risks as feds stop key monitoring, watchdog says • Michigan Advance
The U.S. Department of Education’s suspension this year of a comprehensive monitoring process  puts billions of K-12 dollars at heightened risk of undetected waste, fraud and abuse, according to a new...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 28/09/2026
Across Michigan, school districts, food pantries and nonprofits are preparing for another change in the distribution of SNAP benefits. Starting Oct. 1, states are required to pick up more administrative costs, a shift analysts estimate will cost the state about $95 million just for the first year.
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Michigan school districts, food pantries feel SNAP cut ripple effect ahead of cost shift to states • Michigan Advance
Across Michigan, school districts, food pantries, legal aid groups and nonprofits are preparing for another change in the distribution of SNAP benefits.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 28/09/2026
Northern Michigan lawmaker calls for stricter penalties on Lake Sturgeon poaching michiganadvance.com/2026/09/28/n... From @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
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Northern Michigan lawmaker calls for stricter penalties on Lake Sturgeon poaching • Michigan Advance
After members of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources put out a call for information about a six-foot lake sturgeon dumped at the side of the road in Muskegon County in July, a northern Michig...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 28/09/2026
Detroit and Flint teens struggle with mental health – and worried adults around them feel ‘helpless’ michiganadvance.com/2026/09/28/d... Via @theconversation.com
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Detroit and Flint teens struggle with mental health – and worried adults around them feel ‘helpless’ • Michigan Advance
Crystal Cederna, Michigan State University Teens in southeast Michigan go to school carrying with them far more than backpacks, books and water bottles. Many are shouldering economic hardship, exposur...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 28/09/2026
Trump administration revokes $810M approved by Congress for refugee aid and more michiganadvance.com/2026/09/28/r...
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Trump administration revokes $810M approved by Congress for refugee aid and more • Michigan Advance
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has, once again, infuriated lawmakers from both political parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress.  The $810 m...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 28/09/2026
COMMENTARY from Rick Haglund Michigan is burning. Here’s what the next governor can do to extinguish the blaze.  michiganadvance.com/2026/09/28/m...
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Commentary: Michigan is burning. Here’s what the next governor can do to extinguish the blaze.  • Michigan Advance
On the eve of his group’s posh Mackinac Policy Conference earlier this year, Detroit Regional Chamber President Sandy Baruah sounded an economic alarm.  “Michigan’s house is on fire,” he said, reeling...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 28/09/2026
Push for schools to guide safe firearm storage, only half complying a month from annual deadline michiganadvance.com/2026/09/28/p... From @kdailey.bsky.social
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Push for schools to guide safe firearm storage, only half complying a month from annual deadline • Michigan Advance
Push for schools to guide safe firearm storage, only half complying a month from annual deadline
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 28/09/2026
Michigan Advance Trivia: Legendary Detroit newscaster Bill Bonds was known for many things, including his appearance in 1971’s “Escape from the Planet of the Apes.” Who was his real-life co-anchor who also appeared in movies, most notably 1976’s “Rocky”? Check back later for the answer.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 28/09/2026
Michigan Data Centers: The Weekly Download michiganadvance.com/2026/09/28/m... From @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
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Michigan Data Centers: The Weekly Download • Michigan Advance
News and updates on data centers in the Great Lakes State for the week of Sept. 21
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 28/09/2026
High-risk pregnancy doctors publish new standards for care under state abortion bans michiganadvance.com/2026/09/28/r...
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High-risk pregnancy doctors publish new standards for care under state abortion bans • Michigan Advance
As physicians continue to navigate care for patients with complex pregnancies in states with abortion bans, a group of maternal-fetal medicine specialists has developed new guidelines to help provider...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 27/09/2026
States take the lead on regulating AI as federal action lags michiganadvance.com/2026/09/27/r... From @statesnewsroom.com
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States take the lead on regulating AI as federal action lags • Michigan Advance
Anxiety over artificial intelligence is growing. Will it replace humans and take jobs? How will it change our privacy? Will it impact our elections? The list of existential questions about AI goes on....
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 26/09/2026
CDC’s latest youth behavior report offers a narrower look at teen health michiganadvance.com/2026/09/26/r... From @stateline.org
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CDC’s latest youth behavior report offers a narrower look at teen health • Michigan Advance
The 2025 Youth Risk Behavior Survey report focuses on five areas — diet, physical activity, sleep, digital behavior, and mental health and suicide risk — while largely leaving out national findings on...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 26/09/2026
Michigan vets outline everyday impacts of Iran War, airing frustrations with GOP leadership michiganadvance.com/2026/09/26/m... From @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
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Michigan vets outline everyday impacts of Iran War, airing frustrations with GOP leadership • Michigan Advance
As gas prices surge to record levels amidst the ongoing war in Iran, military veterans led protestors outside a Lansing gas station Friday in opposition to the war alongside the rollout of an electron...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 26/09/2026
Economic frustration tests Trump’s standing with rural voters, new KFF-AP poll finds michiganadvance.com/2026/09/26/e... From @kffhealthnews.org
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Economic frustration tests Trump’s standing with rural voters, new KFF-AP poll finds • Michigan Advance
By Sarah Jane Tribble, Ali Swenson, The Associated Press, and Linley Sanders, The Associated Press About half of rural American voters believe the economy is worse off now than when President Donald T...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 26/09/2026
Venezuelan men shipped to brutal prison under Alien Enemies Act ask court for due process michiganadvance.com/2026/09/25/r...
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Venezuelan men shipped to brutal prison under Alien Enemies Act ask court for due process • Michigan Advance
WASHINGTON — An appeals panel Friday seemed inclined to agree that more than 100 Venezuelan men the Trump administration sent to a brutal prison in El Salvador are entitled to due process hearings to ...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 25/09/2026
Effort to recall Antrim County Clerk gets go-ahead from state board michiganadvance.com/2026/09/25/e... From @hayleyharding.bsky.social w/ @votebeat.org
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Effort to recall Antrim County Clerk gets go-ahead from state board • Michigan Advance
Embattled Antrim County Clerk Victoria Bishop, who lost access to the state’s voter roll after state officials said she unilaterally changed and canceled voter registrations, could face a recall elect...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 25/09/2026
COMMENTARY from Leonard Burton, the President and CEO of the Center for the Study of Social Policy. Head Start opens a door for millions of young Michiganders. Don’t close it. michiganadvance.com/2026/09/25/h...
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Commentary: Head Start opens a door for millions of young Michiganders. Don’t close it. • Michigan Advance
Head Start opens a door for millions of young Michiganders. Don’t close it.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 25/09/2026
Nessel issues guidance to law enforcement on ability to enforce tribal court-issued PPOs  michiganadvance.com/2026/09/25/n... From @kdailey.bsky.social
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Nessel issues guidance to law enforcement on ability to enforce tribal court-issued PPOs  • Michigan Advance
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued new guidance to law enforcement officers on how to enforce personal protection orders, including those issued by Michigan’s tribal governments and courts.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 25/09/2026
Meet the Michigan climate candidate on Trump’s radar michiganadvance.com/2026/09/25/m... From @rbravender.bsky.social
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Meet the Michigan climate candidate on Trump’s radar • Michigan Advance
Less than two months ago, William Lawrence was a relatively unknown progressive climate group co-founder and a dark-horse candidate for Congress running in a Trump district in the middle of Michigan.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 25/09/2026
Michigan Advance Trivia: What annual event was first held in Detroit on Sept. 25, 1849? (177 years ago today) Check back later for the answer.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 25/09/2026
Grand Rapids community demands answers after Guatemalan man dies fleeing attempted ICE stop michiganadvance.com/2026/09/25/g...
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Grand Rapids community demands answers after Guatemalan man dies fleeing attempted ICE stop • Michigan Advance
Dozens gathered in Grand Rapids Thursday to demand justice for Mario David Coronado Juárez, a 35-year-old undocumented immigrant from Guatemala who died days earlier after fleeing when ICE agents atte...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 25/09/2026
Mike Rogers claims he was an assembly line worker. The UAW said that is stretching the truth. michiganadvance.com/2026/09/24/m... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Mike Rogers claims he was an assembly line worker. The UAW said that is stretching the truth. • Michigan Advance
Rogers says he built Chrysler vehicles on an assembly line. Records show his work was at an aftermarket facility that modified vehicles after they left the factory.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 24/09/2026
Democrats gain 4 in US Senate GOP on Iran war resolution, but vote falls short michiganadvance.com/2026/09/24/r...
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Democrats gain 4 in US Senate GOP on Iran war resolution, but vote falls short • Michigan Advance
WASHINGTON — Despite skyrocketing fuel prices and sinking approval ratings for President Donald Trump’s conflict in Iran ahead of the November midterms, Senate Republicans blocked Democrats’ efforts T...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 24/09/2026
Lawmakers call on Michigan House to move on offshoring protections for call center workers michiganadvance.com/2026/09/24/l... From @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
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Lawmakers call on Michigan House to move on offshoring protections for call center workers • Michigan Advance
On Thursday, communications workers gathered with lawmakers from separate sides of the aisle as they continued an almost 10-year push to keep call center jobs in Michigan.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 24/09/2026
Millions of dollars of waste found in Trump administration push for immigration detention michiganadvance.com/2026/09/24/r...
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Millions of dollars of waste found in Trump administration push for immigration detention • Michigan Advance
WASHINGTON — Government investigators Thursday released a report that found the Department of Homeland Security wasted more than $20 million in federal funding in its rapid expansion of immigration de...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 24/09/2026
Clerks reiterate Michigan elections are ‘safe, secure, fair’ as absentee voting begins michiganadvance.com/2026/09/24/c... From @kdailey.bsky.social
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Clerks reiterate Michigan elections are ‘safe, secure, fair’ as absentee voting begins • Michigan Advance
As absentee ballots for November’s general election begin to be mailed out to Michigan voters on Thursday, clerks and election advocates urged Michiganders to feel confident in the safety and security...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 24/09/2026
States put criminal justice, marijuana policies before voters in 2026 michiganadvance.com/2026/09/24/r...
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States put criminal justice, marijuana policies before voters in 2026 • Michigan Advance
Voters in nine states will weigh changes to their criminal legal systems and drug policies this fall. The Nov. 3 ballot measures include questions about pretrial release, fentanyl and human traffickin...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 24/09/2026
Amid disposal hazards, Michigan lawmakers consider creating battery recycling program michiganadvance.com/2026/09/24/a... From @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
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Amid disposal hazards, Michigan lawmakers consider creating battery recycling program • Michigan Advance
As lithium-ion batteries play an essential role in powering the devices used in the public’s everyday lives, two members of the Michigan House are looking into establishing a battery stewardship progr...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 24/09/2026
Great Lakes senators call on Trump to stop delaying invasive carp barrier michiganadvance.com/2026/09/24/g... Via @wbez.org and @juanpab.bsky.social
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Great Lakes senators call on Trump to stop delaying invasive carp barrier • Michigan Advance
Great Lakes senators call on Trump to stop delaying invasive carp barrier
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 24/09/2026
New lawsuit alleges sexual misconduct, retaliation against 14-year-old at Interlochen arts school  michiganadvance.com/2026/09/24/n... From @kdailey.bsky.social
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New lawsuit alleges sexual misconduct, retaliation against 14-year-old at Interlochen arts school  • Michigan Advance
New lawsuit alleges sexual misconduct, retaliation against 14-year-old at Interlochen arts school
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 24/09/2026
Congratulations to Michigan Advance Senior Reporter @bensolis1.bsky.social, who won the Domino "Nick" Reyes Media Award by U-M Dearborn’s Latina/o Worker Leadership Institute. The award spotlights journalists who demonstrate commitment to highlighting Latino community issues
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