Tag: Michigan

In this Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, photo, people gather to protest at the Capitol Rotunda in Lansing, Mich. The incoming Democratic governor of Wisconsin said Wednesday that he plans to make a personal appeal to his defeated rival, Gov. Scott Walker, to veto far-reaching GOP legislation that would restrict the new administration's powers.

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Republicans in Michigan, Wisconsin resort to lame-duck sore-loserism

Erin Dunne · December 10, 2018 7:05 pm

A 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan moves on the assembly line at the Windsor Assembly Plant, Friday, May 6, 2016 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Fiat Chrysler to open new plant in Detroit

Sean Higgins · December 6, 2018 9:41 pm

Lansing City Pulse reporter Kyle Kaminski stands outside Lansing City Hall, across the street from the Capitol and hands out free joints, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Lansing, Mich. The alternative weekly newspaper did so to mark the official legalization of recreational marijuana in Michigan.

Michigan newspaper hands out free joints to celebrate first day of legalized pot

Dominick Mastrangelo · December 6, 2018 8:00 pm

No Easy Repeat

Richard Burr · December 4, 2018 9:08 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion on the First Step Act, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, in Gulfport, Miss.

Trump rips GM for closures, layoffs during ‘booming’ US economy

Katelyn Caralle · November 29, 2018 12:42 pm

Michigan businessman John James in the mix for UN ambassadorship

Naomi Lim · November 26, 2018 8:13 pm

General Motors factory closures could hurt Trump in 2020

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General Motors factory closures could hurt Trump in 2020

Philip Klein · November 26, 2018 5:25 pm

FILE - In this June 5, 2018 file photo, former Michigan State President Lou Anna Simon testifies before a Senate subcommittee in Washington. Simon has been charged with lying to police conducting an investigation of Larry Nassar's sexual abuse. Simon, who stepped down earlier this year over the scandal, was charged Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, with two felonies and two misdemeanors.

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Title IX is only as effective as the personnel executing it

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 22, 2018 5:55 pm

A "Make America Great Again" hat sits on the ground ahead of a speech by President Trump during a rally in Washington, Mich.

Midterm elections show that Trump didn’t realign the Rust Belt

Timothy P. Carney · November 21, 2018 12:57 pm

As of 2016, nearly 45 percent of D.C.'s public school students are in charters.

Stop trying to claim charter schools ‘steal’ money from traditional public schools

Christian Barnard · November 15, 2018 6:51 pm

Sara Fitzgerald, left, and Michael Martin, both with the group One Virginia, protest gerrymandering in front of the Supreme Court, Wednesday, March 28, 2018, in Washington where the court will hear arguments on a gerrymandering case. The Supreme Court is taking up its second big partisan redistricting case of the term amid signs the justices could place limits on drawing maps for political gain.

Emboldened Democrats eager to strike back at GOP over gerrymandering

David Mark · November 12, 2018 6:02 pm

An attendant weighs marijuana at the Far West Holistic Center dispensary, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, in Detroit.

32 states have legalized medical marijuana and 10 will let you smoke it

Anna Giaritelli · November 7, 2018 10:33 pm