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Michigan is one of just two states in the country that still has a law on the book prohibiting unmarried men and women from living together

Tags: Michigan News, Politics & Elections, Michigan Republicans, Michigan laws, Michigan Democrats, Stephanie Chang

‘I think it’s a sign of the times,’ said Jennifer Sherer, a senior state policy coordinator for the Economic Policy Institute

Tags: Michigan News, Labor, Michigan, Michigan right to work, Michigan unions, Michigan labor laws

Labor advocates who have opposed the laws from their inception say that they have taken resources away from unions

Tags: Michigan News, Labor, Politics & Elections, right to work, Michigan Democrats, Michigan labor laws, Michigan gun laws

Fiscal experts deliver ‘good news’ about Michigan revenue growth, with caution that a ‘mild recession’ is on the horizon

Tags: Michigan News, News, Michigan, Lansing, budget, surplus, recession, economy

First legislation includes measures for civil rights and economic justice

Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Michigan, Democrats, Whitmer, Lansing

The numbers show a slight increase from last week, but experts note some cases are not being recorded

Tags: Michigan News, News, COVID-19, pandemic, Michigan

What’s next for ‘Nessel v. Enbridge’?

Tags: Michigan News, Environment, Line 5, Enbridge, Michigan, Great Lakes, Straits of Mackinac, Dana Nessel

The political divide in Michigan and beyond seems deeper than ever

Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Jan. 6, Michigan, Republican Party, GOP, Trump's America

With Dems steering the Legislature next year, will ‘Stop the Steal’ participants face consequences?

Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Michigan, Republicans, GOP, Trump's America

Barb Byrum says officials must take on election lies ‘head-on and aggressively’

Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Michigan, elections, Republicans, GOP, Democrats, Barb Byrum

Whitmer will get her first opportunity to fill a Michigan Supreme Court opening

Tags: Michigan News, Politics & Elections, Michigan, Michigan Supreme Court, Bridget McCormack, Whitmer

The Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians has been locked in a legal battle with Enbridge since July 2019 over the company’s continued operation of its pipeline

Tags: Michigan News, Environment, Great Lakes, Michigan, Enbridge, Line 5, environment

It remains unclear why Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy recommended using the extremely rare, century-old practice of the one-judge grand jury in the case

Tags: Michigan News, Flint Water Crisis, Rick Snyder, Flint, Flint water crisis

Tags: Michigan News, Abortion Rights, Pride, LGBTQ, Lansing, Capitol Building, Michigan

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In Michigan and beyond, Republican state lawmakers are embracing a pushback on gay and transgender rights not seen since the 1970s

Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Republicans, LGBT, GOP, Michigan, Democrats, gay, lesbian

Seemingly acknowledging COVID-19 conspiracies during his speech, Fauci urged graduates to not turn a blind eye to ‘egregious distortions of reality’

Tags: Michigan News, News, Fauci, University of Michigan, COVID-19, coronavirus, pandemic

What's next in the Line 5 fight?

Tags: Michigan News, Environment, Line 5, Enbridge, Great Lakes, Michigan, Canada, oil, gas

Maddock’s removal comes after he and his wife Meshawn were front and center at the party’s early endorsement convention in Grand Rapids

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Matt Maddock, Michigan, Republicans, GOP

GRPD kept the name of the officer under wraps, despite activists calling repeatedly for the department to release it

Tags: Michigan News, Patrick Lyoya, Grand Rapids, police, Black Lives Matter