Rick Pluta
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In 2014, an emergency manager switched the city’s water source to the Flint River, which caused aging pipes to leach lead and other contaminants into the water supply used for drinking and bathing.
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Michigan doesn’t allow outside groups to offer free or discounted lifts to polling places. The bill lifts that ban.
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The governor outlined her priorities ahead of the Legislature’s fall session, which begins next week.
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Michigan voters approved enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution in 2022
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A panel upheld most of the sanctions ordered by a federal district court judge in Detroit.
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The governor says she’s looking to expand human services spending and business incentives as she looks ahead to the next state budget.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer traveled to Suttons Bay in Northern Michigan Thursday to sign the state's new pre-K through 12th grade education budget.
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The laws are largely the product of lessons learned from the case of convicted sexual predator Larry Nassar.
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Right now local judges can impose court costs on defendants who plead guilty or are convicted of violating the Constitution.
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Abortion access has declined dramatically nationwide, but many states have further protected abortion by enacting "shield laws," allocating funding, stockpiling medication and repealing old laws.