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Lake Orion schools sued after bus aide assaulted 12-year-old student with autism

26 August 2026 at 18:02

A Lake Orion family is suing the local school district after a former bus aide was convicted of assaulting a 12-year-old student with autism, alleging school officials failed to properly train transportation staff to recognize and respond to the boy’s disability-related behaviors.

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Bill Huizenga took campaign donations after company pursued deal with his businesses

25 August 2026 at 14:46

U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga accepted campaign donations from a West Michigan gravel company and its executives after the company struck a potentially lucrative deal with businesses he co-owned, according to records reviewed by Metro Times.

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Mike Rogers weakened housing rules while his family was in the building business

24 August 2026 at 15:01

Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers is pitching deregulation as a path to cheaper housing decades after pushing measures that weakened building safeguards and energy-efficiency standards while his family was in the construction business.

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Michigan tribes say β€˜flawed’ federal review of Line 5 project violates treaty rights

21 August 2026 at 18:13

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a key permit for a plan to update an aging segment of the Line 5 pipeline crossing the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan, waterways that tribal nations say are central to their ways of life.

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Mike Rogers’ wife appears to join the anti-Muslim fear campaign ahead of Dearborn hate rally

21 August 2026 at 15:01

An Instagram account that appears to belong to the wife of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers recently reposted a video portraying Muslims as resistant to assimilation and suggesting many view terrorism as a legitimate form of resistance.

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Displaced Leland residents fear Detroit is taking money meant to compensate them

20 August 2026 at 20:06

Eight months after residents were abruptly forced from the historic Leland House in downtown Detroit, a new fight is brewing over what remains of the money from the building’s sale.

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Lawsuit seeks to remove Jocelyn Benson from Michigan governor’s race

19 August 2026 at 18:26

A Highland Park activist with a track record of knocking candidates off the ballot is trying to do the same to Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, the Democratic nominee for governor.

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Mike Rogers attacks waste and fraud while taking money from donors linked to both

11 August 2026 at 15:17

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers has made rooting out government fraud a centerpiece of his campaign. But some of the people helping finance his return to Washington have their own histories with fraud.

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Michigan doubles daily food assistance benefit for fruits and vegetables

6 August 2026 at 20:11

Michigan residents who receive SNAP benefits can now earn up to $50 a day to buy fruits and vegetables through the Double Up Food Bucks program, more than twice the previous daily limit.

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Michigan progressives showed establishment Democrats the door

5 August 2026 at 14:44

Michigan Democrats sent an unmistakable message Tuesday: They are tired of wealthy donors, corporate interests, party insiders, and outside groups deciding which candidates are acceptable.

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