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Instead, Republicans could be on the verge of winning control of the Illinois Supreme Court, where Democrats currently hold a 4-3 majority. After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe, state judicial races have become even more important for Democratic groups working to protect abortion rights. Curran touted his opposition to abortion rights when he ran unsuccessfully for Senate two years ago. The state supreme court races that abortion rights supporters say they are most concerned with are ones Republicans already have been targeting, but for other issues. "We have to do more in the states about the influence and power of our state supreme court."

Michigan lawmakers approved legislation Wednesday that would allow larger municipalities to begin processing ballots two days before an election.

Two suspects have been taken into custody in Detroit after a Michigan state trooper was shot while conducting undercover surveillance at an apartment complex.

The company on Friday said corporate workers would be required to return to physical locations at least three days a week, beginning later this year.

Michigan police believe three shootings that occurred over the course of about a month in Niles may be connected. The third shooting on Sept. 20 left two teenage girls dead.

Across the country, election clerks have spent the last two years waging an information and public relations battle to restore faith in elections. But as the 2022 primaries showed, some key personnel involved in elections — poll workers and poll challengers — still actively doubt the results of the 2020 presidential race, believing baseless allegations of fraud.

DETROIT — An undercover Michigan state trooper is in critical condition and authorities are searching for a suspect after gunfire erupted at a Detroit apartment complex overnight, authorities said. Michigan State Police tweeted that an “undercover narcotics unit was conducting surveillance” when an “unknown suspect” opened fire, striking a male trooper. Residents and media are asked to avoid the area as the suspect is at large. 5/ pic.twitter.com/tVyvYxu0PB — MSP Second District (@mspmetrodet) September 27, 2022Police are still trying to obtain a warrant to search the apartments, the department wrote. No further details, such as a suspect description or the wounded trooper’s name, were immediately available.

Mark Latunski of Shiawassee County, Michigan, pleaded guilty last Thursday to murdering and mutilating the body of Kevin Bacon, a 25-year-old student he met on a dating app.

The narrow miss was caught by a dash camera.

Oklahoma dropped 12 spots in the AP Top 25 after losing to Kansas State on Saturday night. Kansas State entered the game unranked and is now at No. Kentucky, Tennessee, Oklahoma State and NC State round out the top 10. While Kansas State is at No. Kansas State

An 83-year-old Michigan woman was shot in the shoulder while canvassing for pro-life group the Right to Life of Michigan, the group said.

4 Michigan got a bit of a wake-up call on Saturday but was still able to come away with a win. But in the end, Michigan was able to withstand a strong effort from the Terps and emerge with a 34-27 victory. In the second half, Michigan started to get some pressure on Maryland QB Taulia Tagovailoa and McCarthy got into a better rhythm. For Michigan, now 4-0, there is plenty to work on with a trip to Iowa coming next weekend and games against Big Ten East foes like Penn State, Michigan State and Ohio State on the horizon. Maryland, meanwhile, drops to 3-1 but has the looks of a potentially dangerous team as the Big Ten schedule progresses.

Detroit area news anchor Jim Matthews was found dead Friday after a house guest botched a murder-suicide attempt at his home in Chesterfield Township.

A Detroit, Michigan, radio news anchor was killed in an attempted murder-suicide at his home, the station said Friday.

In 2020, federal officials interrupted a kidnapping plot that targeted Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Tudor Dixon's Democratic rival in November's election.

A new poll that surveyed 600 likely voters shows incumbent Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer with a lead over her GOP challenger, Tudor Dixon, in the state's gubernatorial race.

DETROIT — A decomposed body fell out of a trash bin during a garbage truck pickup in Detroit, Michigan. >> Read more trending newsAccording to WJBK, a body was found by a garbage truck worker who was picking up trash Wednesday afternoon around 4 p.m.Police told WJBK that the worker was emptying cans in front of houses when he allegedly saw a body fall into the truck. The body was badly decomposed. According to WDIV, officials have not determined the identity of the person or the cause of death. No suspects have been identified and no further information has been released, according to WDIV.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — A Michigan man has pleaded guilty for murdering and eating part of a man named Kevin Bacon in December 2019. >> Read more trending newsMark David Latunski, 52, has pleaded guilty to killing and dismembering Kevin Bacon, 25, in December 2019, according to MLive.com. Latunski appeared before the 35th Circuit Court on Thursday and plead guilty to open murder and mutilation of a body charges. According to MLive.com, open murder is made up of first and second-degree murder charges. A hearing is expected on October 18 to determine whether Latunski will be convicted of first- or second-degree murder or manslaughter.

DETROIT — (AP) — Some teachers and a counselor at a Michigan high school were aware of a teen's troubling interest in guns and violence months before he was accused of fatally shooting four students and wounding others, a lawyer representing victims' families said Thursday. Crumbley, now 16, faces trial next year as an adult on murder and other charges in the Nov. 30 shooting. One teacher said Crumbley drew what appeared to be an ammunition magazine on a note card in late August 2021. Prosecutors have said Crumbley used a semi-automatic handgun to open fire on other teenagers in the hallway at the school roughly 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Detroit. The day before the shooting, a teacher saw Ethan Crumbley looking at ammunition on his phone while in class.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday denounced a Republican House candidate from Michigan who criticized the women’s suffrage movement and supported an attempt to repeal the 19th Amendment.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday denounced a Republican House candidate from Michigan who once argued that women don’t possess “the characteristics necessary to govern” and supported an attempt to repeal the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. That candidate was actually backed in the GOP primary by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), presumably because he was seen as too far right to win the general election. John Gibbs, who was also supported in the primary by former President Donald Trump, made the comments as a student at Stanford in the early 2000s, CNN reported this week . “What he's saying is outrageous,” Pelosi said when asked by reporters about the comments during her weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill. Gibbs is facing Democrat Hillary Scholten in the race to represent Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District.

At her weekly press conference on Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked what she thought about comments made by Michigan Republican House candidate John Gibbs, which reportedly were that women don't have the characteristics to govern and that the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, turned the U.S. into a totalitarian state. Pelosi described the comments as "outrageous" and said she doesn't think that many members of Congress would subscribe to that, but that "the insult to women's intelligence is one that exists in many forms around here."

Some teachers and a counselor at a Michigan high school were aware of a teen's troubling interest in guns and violence months before he was accused of fatally shooting four students and wounding others, a lawyer representing victims' families said Thursday. “From literally the beginning of school, Ethan Crumbley was evidencing signs of being a highly troubled individual, to say the least,” said Detroit attorney Ven Johnson, citing depositions taken in a civil lawsuit against Oxford Community Schools and some staff at Oxford High School. One teacher said Crumbley drew what appeared to be an ammunition magazine on a note card in late August 2021.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — (AP) —Governor's races often are overshadowed by the fight for control of Congress during midterm elections. And their powers over abortion rights increased greatly when the U.S. Supreme Court in June left the question to states to decide. Roy Cooper, chair of the Democratic Governors Association, the group working to elect Democrats to lead states. That's been especially true in places with Democratic governors and Republican-controlled legislatures, such as Wisconsin and Kansas — states both parties have made top targets for victory in November. Cooper said the DGA will be "leaning in hard" in Arizona as well as in a tight contest in Georgia, where GOP Gov.

Governors races often are overshadowed by the fight for control of Congress during midterm elections.

The restructuring will be led on an interim basis by Ford CFO John Lawler until a chief supply chain officer is selected, Ford said.

Two teenagers were killed and three others were injured when a group of people shot into a home in Michigan. Police believe the shooting may be related to two homicides in the area.

Michigan and Wisconsin are other crucial swing states that allow no-excuse mail-in ballots but give local election offices no time before Election Day to process them. Once ballots are deemed valid, they are removed from their envelopes — another time-consuming task — so they are ready to be counted on Election Day. Efforts since 2020 to give local election workers more time before Election Day to process mailed ballots have died in Republican-controlled legislatures. Like Pennsylvania, election workers in Michigan and Wisconsin must wait until Election Day to start the pre-canvassing of mailed ballots. The Pennsylvania House Republicans' lead lawmaker on election legislation said allowing counties to process ballots before Election Day must be combined with “election integrity” measures.

As Election Day approaches, the fight over mail-in ballots is back.

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Hawaii: Oct. 31 – by mail; can register to vote online by Nov. 8, and in person on election day13. Illinois: Oct. 11 by mail; Oct. 23 online; can register to vote in person on election day15. New Mexico: Oct. 11 by mail or online; can register to vote in person on election day33. Vermont: Nov. 4 online; can register to vote in person on election day; or by mail on the election day47. Wyoming: Oct. 24 by mail; can register to vote in person on election dayHow to find out if you are registered to vote?

A Florida man has been arrested for two cold case murders that occurred a decade apart in different states when he worked as a cross-county trucker, officials said.

Such “clean hydrogen” releases only water as a byproduct when used in a fuel cell. “We don’t have to choose between clean energy and clean air and creating good-paying jobs and a strong economy — we can do both,” Wisconsin Gov. Climate legislation that President Joe Biden signed last month offers a tax credit intended to make clean hydrogen more competitive. The Midwestern Hydrogen Coalition hasn't committed to joint pursuit of federal funding, although smaller groups of states or industries might seek grants. Instead, the seven-state partnership will focus on boosting development, markets, supply chains and a work force for clean hydrogen, according to a joint statement.

Seven Midwestern states are teaming up to accelerate the development of hydrogen as a clean energy source.

A Detroit police officer was shot when his partner was trying to shoot at a charging dog and missed, striking him. The officer who was shot was treated and released.

An appeals court in Michigan overturned a mans 2019 second-degree murder conviction. The court determined the man's attorney ignored the man's wishes to admit he pulled the trigger.

The top seven teams in the AP Top 25 didn’t budge after Week 3. Georgia is still the top team in the poll and is followed by Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan and Clemson. All five teams had blowout wins in Week 3. The move is a tad confusing as both teams beat FCS opponents convincingly. 20 Florida in Week 4 and NC State moved up to No.

Acquaintances also told investigators that they had not seen Gray in a wheelchair except when attending his VA appointments. The benefits Gray was convicted of fraudulently receiving are intended for veterans who cannot work or care for themselves due to service-related injuries. In addition to the five-year prison sentence, Gray was also ordered to pay $264,631.51 in restitution for the stolen benefits, MLive.com reported. Meanwhile, his 53-year-old wife, Paula Gray, was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the government, making false statements to the VA and making a false, fictitious or fraudulent claim. Joseph Gray’s attorney, Scott Graham, said Gray earned military decorations during the Gulf War and “sustained life-changing injuries,” including injuries to his shoulders from a fall in Saudi Arabia.

The hoverbike can reach up to 62 mph, manufacturers say.

A judge on Friday slashed nearly four years off the prison sentence of a star witness in the plot to kidnap Michigan's governor, assuring he'll be free in 2023. Ty Garbin's sentence of 6 1/4 years was reduced to 2 1/2 years, a reward even greater than prosecutors had sought. U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker cited Garbin's “substantial assistance” to the government and his own assessment of the 26-year-old airplane mechanic, who cooperated soon after his arrest, pleaded guilty and testified at two trials. Defense attorney Mark Satawa said Garbin will likely testify for prosecutors in separate but related cases filed against others in state court. Kaleb Franks, 28, also pleaded guilty and assisted the government.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — A Michigan man was sentenced on Friday to five years in federal prison for his role in the U.S. Capitol attack by a mob that disrupted Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's 2020 electoral victory. Prosecutors had recommended a prison sentence of five years and four months for Williams, who was arrested in Detroit in March 2021. Outside the Capitol, Williams stole water bottles that police intended to use for decontaminating themselves from chemical spray, according to prosecutors. “Williams advanced to the Rotunda where he celebrated with other rioters and smoked marijuana," prosecutors wrote. Only five other Capitol riot defendants have been sentenced to a longer prison term than Williams.

A Michigan man was sentenced on Friday to five years in federal prison for his role in the U.S. Capitol attack by a mob that disrupted Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's 2020 electoral victory. Chief Judge Beryl Howell also sentenced Anthony Robert Williams, 47, of Southgate, Michigan, to three years of supervised release after his prison term and ordered him to pay $2,000 in restitution and a $5,000 fine, according to a U.S. Justice Department news release. In June, a jury convicted Williams of a felony count of obstructing the Jan. 6, 2021, joint session of Congress for certifying the Electoral College vote.

Summer interns for SpartanNash, a grocery store chain based in Michigan built the world’s largest word made of packaged food and then donated the items to a local food bank.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who said he would make racial justice a priority in his department's funding, awarded a grant to tear down a controversial roadway in Michigan.

It allows Michigan to move forward on its $270 million effort to transform the stretch in Detroit into a street-level boulevard, reconnecting surrounding neighborhoods and adding amenities, such as bike lanes. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has said he would make racial justice a priority in his department's funding awards, pledging wide-ranging help to communities. Gretchen Whitmer and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan later Thursday in Detroit to highlight the grant. Whitmer had originally sought as much as $180 million in federal money for the project. DOT has set for reconnecting communities that are trickling down to the state level," Crowther said.

ROSEVILLE, Mich. — A Michigan police department is asking for help identifying a thief who is accused of taking more than $1,000 worth of king crab legs from a store. >> Read more trending newsThe Roseville Police Department shared photos of the suspect in a Facebook post, saying the man went into a Costco store without displaying a membership card. Once inside, police said that the man went to the seafood department and got $1,107 worth of king crab legs, which he then took from the store without any attempt to pay for them. Suspected seafood thief Police say this man stole $1,107 worth of king crab legs from Costco. (Roseville Police Department)Police told WJBK that they believe the man is in his 30s and was wearing light gray shorts and a dark gray Under Armor shirt at the time.

Hailed by city and state leaders as helping rectify a past racial wrong, the federal money represents a key first step that advocacy groups say will inspire dozens of citizen-led efforts underway in other cities to dismantle highways. Still, advocates cautioned that Michigan's plan to build a six-lane city boulevard risks simply replacing one busy roadway with another. Whitmer had originally sought as much as $180 million in federal money for the project. Ben Crowther, advocacy manager for America Walks and coordinator for the Freeway Fighters Network, praised the new federal grant. DOT has set for reconnecting communities that are trickling down to the state level," Crowther said.

Hailed by city and state leaders as helping rectify a past racial wrong, the federal money represents a key first step that advocacy groups say will inspire dozens of citizen-led efforts underway in other cities to dismantle highways. Still, advocates cautioned that Michigan's plan to build a six-lane city boulevard risks simply replacing one busy roadway with another. Whitmer had originally sought as much as $180 million in federal money for the project. Ben Crowther, advocacy manager for America Walks and coordinator for the Freeway Fighters Network, praised the new federal grant. DOT has set for reconnecting communities that are trickling down to the state level," Crowther said.

A plan to dismantle a 1-mile-long depressed freeway that was built in Detroit by demolishing Black neighborhoods 60 years ago is a big winner of federal money.

A long-delayed plan to dismantle Interstate 375, a 1-mile (1.6-kilometer) depressed freeway in Detroit that was built by demolishing Black neighborhoods 60 years ago, was a big winner of federal money Thursday, the first Biden administration grant awarded to tear down a racially divisive roadway. It allows Michigan to move forward on its $270 million effort to transform the stretch in Detroit into a street-level boulevard, reconnecting surrounding neighborhoods and adding amenities, such as bike lanes. Black Bottom and Paradise Valley, two of the city's predominantly African American neighborhoods, were razed as part of the 1950s creation of an interstate highway system, displacing 100,000 Black residents and erecting a decades-long barrier between the downtown and communities to the east.

The battlegrounds of Michigan and Nevada are among the states where voters this fall are set to decide ballot measures relating to the elections process.

Project RELO, which pays tribute to America's fallen service members and commemorates those lost to suicide, embarked on a journey to listen to Americans and Gold Star families.

The Democratic Transportation Secretary said at the Detroit Auto Show that he will raise his own little girl to have better values than Maddock has.

The experiment will be conducted at ZEUS — short for Zettawatt-Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System — by researchers from the University of California, Irvine. At the height of its power, ZEUS will be a 3-petawatt laser. “ZEUS will not only be the most powerful laser beam on the continent, but perhaps more importantly will provide multiple powerful beams. ZEUS is an upgrade over the University of Michigan's 0.5-petawatt laser, known as HERCULES. “HERCULES was the predecessor to ZEUS,” Willingale said.

A newly constructed University of Michigan facility that will be home to the most powerful laser in the United States is hosting its first experiment this week.

“Let’s give it up for that midwest rock ‘n’ roll,” said The Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach halfway through their headlining show at Michigan’s Pine Knob Music Theater, a venue that is known for hosting legendary Detroit rockers for over 50 years.

A judge has slashed nearly four years off the prison sentence of a star witness in the plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor, assuring Ty Garbin will be free in 2023.

A Michigan election board has approved a November ballot question on whether the state should expand opportunities to vote.

A question on Michigan’s November ballot asking voters to put the right to an abortion in the state constitution could draw more left-leaning voters to the polls and boost Democrats’ power in the battleground state.

A judge has struck down Michigan’s 1931 anti-abortion law, months after suspending it.

A once obscure Michigan elections panel is back in the spotlight after rejecting a ballot initiative seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution and another to expand voting.

Michigan’s state Board of Canvassers has rejected a ballot initiative seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution.

Severe storms that brought damaging winds, heavy rains and flash flooding to parts of the Midwest and the South are being blamed for the deaths of three people, including two children in Michigan and Arkansas.

In addition to delicious pasties, smoked whitefish, beautiful acreage, waterfalls and coastline, the U.P. does golf better than anyone else in the state.

A union says workers at a Chipotle store in Michigan have voted to unionize, becoming the first of the Mexican fast-food chain’s 3,000 locations to do so.

A federal infrastructure bill signed last year provides $15 billion to help communities find and replace lead water pipes.

The Michigan Bureau of Elections has recommended approval of a ballot initiative that seeks to enshrine abortion rights into the state’s constitution after a review of the campaign's petition signatures.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is calling for a political cooling-off after two men were convicted of plotting to kidnap her.

Jurors have gone home after an afternoon of deliberations in the second trial of two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Shoreman left Youngstown, New York at roughly 4 p.m. ET on Friday and finished his trip across Lake Ontario at around 1 p.m. Saturday in Toronto.

The fast-food chain Wendy’s says it is pulling lettuce from sandwiches in its restaurants in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania after people eating them there reported falling ill.

Michigan Republican gubernatorial nominee Tudor Dixon has chosen former state Rep. Shane Hernandez of Port Huron as her running mate in her bid to unseat Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Mike Shoreman said he is ready for his final conquest, one he hopes will inspire millions around the world who have struggled with mental health.

A Michigan judge has blocked county prosecutors from enforcing a pre-Roe abortion ban that would have allowed providers to be charged with a felony.

Defense lawyers have rested their case in the trial of two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan's governor.

Prosecutors have rested their case against two men on trial for a second time in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020.

Sign changes have occurred in states and municipalities around the country.

A man who pleaded guilty to conspiring to kidnap Michigan's governor says two other men were “very eager” to move forward with the plan in 2020.

Defense attorneys have grilled an FBI informant in the trial of two men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s governor.

The town along Lake Huron actually has quite a bit to offer someone who wants to spend a day or two there.

A judge has declared a mistrial in a dispute over partial liability for Flint, Michigan's lead-contaminated water.

A jury has been selected in the second trial of two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over their disgust with restrictions early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two men accused of coming up with a plan to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 are facing a second trial this week.

Democrats are poised to boot Iowa from its traditional lead-off spot in the presidential nominating calendar in 2024.

State Rep. Shri Thanedar has won Michigan’s 13th Congressional Democratic primary, topping a field of nine candidates in a district that covers most of Detroit and a number of surrounding suburbs.

The Great Lakes might be home to the world’s most abundant supply of freshwater whitefish, and to many, that treat tastes even better when it is smoked to give it even more flavor.

In one of the biggest days of this year's primary campaign season, red-state Kansas rejected a measure that would have made it easier to restrict abortion, and voters in Missouri repudiated a scandal-tarred former governor seeking a Senate seat.

Businesswoman and conservative commentator Tudor Dixon has won the Republican primary for Michigan governor.

A judge has blocked enforcement of a 1931 Michigan ban on abortion.

Mega Millions has traded its latter "M" for a "B" twice within the last four years alone.

It took nearly 28 hours and more than 44 miles, but a Canadian man is now one step away from completing his quest to cross all five Great Lakes via paddleboard.

On July 17, Sellers and her father Scott won the annual Bayview Mackinac Race, an annual sailing race that starts in Port Huron and ends at Mackinac Island, a nautical journey of more than 200 miles.

Mike Shoreman will depart from Union Pier, Michigan on Tuesday night, with plans to finish along Chicago’s North Avenue Beach at around noon Wednesday.

A dog visiting Miners Castle at the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore with his family had to be rescued after he jumped off a cliff and plummeted 25-30 feet to a ledge below.

The implications of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade are reverberating nationwide as states reemerge as the new battlefields for abortion rights.

Lottery retailers in nearly every state are clustered in lower-income neighborhoods, driving a wealth transfer from less affluent and educated Americans to the multinational corporations that are increasingly managing the day-to-day operations of the state-sanctioned gambling games.

Abortion rights are poised to come before Michigan voters in November after an abortion rights campaign turned in a record-breaking number of signatures for a ballot initiative.

Name a product, and somehow cherries have found their way into them when visiting the Cherry Republic, a group of stores in Michigan.

A Michigan restaurant that has been feeding gourmet hot dogs to hungry yoopers is now getting ready to open its first Florida location in Orlando.

Tucked along the Little Traverse Bay in Northern Michigan, Petoskey is a hotspot in the summer for tourists with its scenic water views, boating and other water activities.