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Mike Rogers calls for gas tax suspension after voting for tax hike and saying suspensions may not lower prices

Mike Rogers is calling for relief at the pump despite a record that includes raising Michigan’s gas tax, questioning tax suspensions and backing the Iran war that has driven fuel prices higher.

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

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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