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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As Michigan’s two largest utilities seek nearly $1 billion in electric rate hikes, a climate advocacy group is calling attention to campaign donations from the utility industry to two Republican congressmen who supported President Trump’s sweeping tax and spending law.

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