At Detroit NAACP, Whitmer signs voting rights bills
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law a set of bills on Thursday that she said “will ensure every vote in Michigan can be cast and counted, no matter who you are or where you live.” …
November 2023
U of M student vote canceled on competing resolutions over Israel-Hamas conflict
A vote by students at the University of Michigan on competing resolutions concerning the conflict between Israel and Hamas has been canceled. In an email to the student body Thursday morning, U of M’s Vice…
Whitmer signs labor organizing, fishery regulation manoomin bills and more
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a series of bills Wednesday implementing new policies to support union organizations and their right to organize, as well as connecting residents to English language services and regulating fisheries. Unions can…
DHHS redoubles efforts as Michigan residents continue to lose Medicaid coverage
While 168,088 Michigan residents renewed Medicaid or Healthy Michigan plan coverage in October, more than 85,000 others did not, with Thursday the deadline to turn in their paperwork or face being disenrolled from the programs….
Buttigieg says former President Carter encouraged him to drop out of the 2020 presidential race
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in East Lansing on Wednesday that former President Jimmy Carter encouraged him to drop out of the 2020 presidential election. “I had come there in hopes that we might…
Business groups band together to counter ‘risky economic proposals’ advanced by Democrats
While Michigan pundits and policymakers have set their sights on addressing population decline and economic development in the state, some business and policy groups are joining together to oppose efforts proposed in the Democratic-led Legislature. …