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Tlaib: Michigan schools can’t keep up with a heat crisis that corporate polluters created — and students are paying the price

U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib says Michigan schools need major investments in cooling, clean energy, and infrastructure as extreme heat increasingly disrupts classrooms.

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Mike Rogers raises cash with ex-lawmaker who said ‘we can’t make an African American white’

If Mike Rogers wanted to distance his Senate campaign from the racism and Islamophobia surrounding the race, holding a fundraiser at the home of a former state lawmaker who once said “we can’t make an African American white” was a strange way to go about it.

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John James’ running mate says he would cut Medicaid and food assistance

Jay DeBoyer, the Republican nominee for Michigan lieutenant governor, said he would personally support cutting Medicaid and food assistance in a speech just five days after John James announced him as his running mate, according to audio obtained by Metro Times.

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

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

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

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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John James and Tom Barrett are keeping campaign cash from a Republican accused of burning his ex-wife and holding a gun to her head

U.S. Rep. Max Miller, a Republican from Ohio, is accused of holding a gun to his ex-wife’s head, burning her with hot water, and injuring their 2-year-old daughter, allegations that have prompted several fellow Republicans to call for his resignation.

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This section of Detroit could soon have one of America’s most progressive delegations

A section of Detroit spanning parts of Midtown, Corktown, and Southwest Detroit could soon be represented by an unusually powerful collection of progressive elected officials, from City Hall and the Michigan Legislature to both chambers of Congress.

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This Democratic Detroit Senate primary has attracted utilities, developers, Republican backers, Zionists, and plenty of dark money 

A powerful collection of corporate interests, developers, utility-linked organizations, pro-Israel political donors, Republican backers, and secretive nonprofits is pouring money into a closely watched Democratic state Senate primary in Detroit and Downriver.

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