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'Things are going fantastic': Michigan Senate Majority Leader Brinks gives thoughts on DNC
CHICAGO, Ill. — Thursday marks the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and several Michigan Democrats are in attendance. One of them is Michigan Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D - Grand Rapids), who has said she is happy with how the convention has gone so far.
'I'm just being me,' Gretchen Whitmer says as she prepares to take DNC stage
CHICAGO ― Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is getting the reception of a rock star at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week, but she's not doing anything differently than she does it in Michigan. "I don't know, I'm just being me," she told The Free Press in an interview at the convention...
Will Livingston have a cold and snowy winter? Here's the Farmers' Almanac prediction.
Get ready for a wet and cold winter in Michigan, according to a new prediction from the Farmers' Almanac. The 208th edition of the Farmers' Almanac, out now, foresees a "Wet Winter Whirlwind" for the upcoming 2024-25 winter season. "It definitely looks more wet than white in many areas," Farmers' Almanac editor...
Michigan plans $14.97 minimum wage by 2028 — but seeks court clarity first
LANSING — Michigan intends to raise its minimum wage to $12.48 in 2025 and $14.97 by 2028 but is seeking clarity from the state Supreme Court before proceeding. That’s according to a Wednesday filing by the state treasury and labor departments, which is asking justices to further explain by Sept. 15 their earlier blockbuster ruling requiring wage increases that account for inflation.
In small towns, even GOP clerks are targets of election conspiracies
PORT AUSTIN, Mich. — Deep in the thumb of Michigan’s mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula, Republican election officials are outcasts in their rural communities. Michigan cities already were familiar with the consequences of election conspiracy theories. In 2020, Republicans flooded Detroit’s ballot counting center looking for fraud. Democratic and Republican election officials faced an onslaught of threats. […]
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