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  • Michigan Governor Gretchen WhitmerEnvironment

    Industrial powerhouse Michigan is close to mandating carbon-free energy by 2040 in a major test for Democrats in the state government

    By Joey Cappelletti and The Associated Press
  • Shawn Fain, Joe BidenPolitics

    Inside Joe Biden’s courtship of Shawn Fain: The president congratulates the union head who’s withholding an endorsement (so far)

    By Josh Boak, Joey Cappelletti, and others
  • FILE – President Donald Trump claps as he walks to the podium to speak at Ford’s Rawsonville Components Plant that has been converted to making personal protection and medical equipment, Thursday, May 21, 2020, in Ypsilanti, Mich. Former President Donald Trump will skip the second GOP presidential debate next week to travel to Detroit as the auto worker strike enters its second week. Trump is planning to speak with union members and will look to blunt criticisms from a United Auto Workers union leadership that has said a second Trump term would be a “disaster.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)Politics

    Trump says he’s always supported autoworkers as he prepares to visit picketers, but union leaders say his record shows otherwise

    By Joey Cappelletti, Michelle L. Price, and others
  • FILE – President Joe Biden listens during a tour at the Detroit Auto Show, Sept. 14, 2022, in Detroit. From left, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, Biden, Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., Ray Curry, President of the United Auto Workers, and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The prospect of an auto workers strike could test Joe Biden’s treasured assertion that he’s the most pro-union president in U.S. history. A work stoppage against the Big Three U.S. automakers has the potential to reshape the political landscape in the battleground states of Michigan. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)Politics

    Biden says he’s the ‘most pro-union president in U.S. history’. A massive looming auto-workers strike would put that to the test

    By Will Weissert, Joey Cappelletti, and others
  • Gretchen WhitmerPolitics

    Gretchen Whitmer says it’s time for Michigan to etch ‘Obamacare’ into state law

    By Joey Cappelletti and The Associated Press
  • WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 13: (L-R) White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki looks on as Detroit, Michigan Police Chief James White speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House on May 13, 2022 in Washington, DC. Today is Psakis last day as White House Press Secretary. Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will replace Psaki. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Tech

    ‘It’s deeply concerning’: Detroit police are under fire after using facial recognition tech to arrest a pregnant woman in a carjacking case

    By Joey Cappelletti and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Rick Johnson chairs the committee as it meets before a capacity crowd in Lansing, Mich., June 26, 2017, at the first open meeting of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Board. Federal authorities said Thursday, April 6, 2023, that Johnson, the former head of a Michigan medical marijuana licensing board, accepted more than $100,000 in bribes and has agreed to plead guilty. (Dale G Young/Detroit News via AP, File)Lifestyle

    A former Michigan marijuana official just pleaded guilty to accepting more than $100,000 in bribes

    By Joey Cappelletti, Ed White, and others
  • Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses supporters before signing legislation to repeal the 1931 abortion ban statute, which criminalized abortion in nearly all cases during a bill signing ceremony, Wednesday, April 5, 2023, in Birmingham, Mich. The abortion ban, which fueled one of the largest ballot drives in state history, had been unenforceable after voters enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution last November. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)Politics

    Michigan’s governor just repealed a 91-year-old abortion ban: ‘We cannot allow archaic laws to remain on our books’

    By Joey Cappelletti and The Associated Press
  • Michigan abortion lawPolitics

    Judge blocks Michigan’s 1931 abortion law: ‘The harm to the body of women and people capable of pregnancy in not issuing the injunction could not be more real, clear, present and dangerous to the court’

    By Joey Cappelletti and The Associated Press