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News Articles: Michigan

In this photo from January, Yvonne Gibbs, 72, receives the COVID-19 vaccine at the TCF Center in Detroit. Michigan is confronting an alarming spike in coronavirus cases.

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  • Politics

COVID Cases Are Surging In Michigan. Should It Get More Vaccine Doses?

The Biden administration isn't sold on the idea that hot spots should get more doses, despite growing calls from local leaders. Instead, states get a weekly supply based on their populations.

April 09, 2021
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  • Tamara Keith

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  • Law

Eight Miles, A Time-Stamped Receipt And An Overturned Conviction Lead To A Lawsuit

Herbert Alford was wrongly convicted of second-degree murder and spent nearly five years in prison. Now, he's suing Hertz Corp. for failing to turn over a receipt that corroborated his alibi.

March 12, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Michigan officials are using the Centers for Disease Control's social vulnerability index to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, but some argue this is the wrong way to decide who gets to go to the front of the line.

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  • National

Michigan Officials Wrestle With How To Ethically Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines

As Michigan prioritizes vaccines for the state's most vulnerable populations, some not in that category are complaining that using data that way is unfair. Others see racism in the pushback.

March 09, 2021
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By:
  • Abigail Censky
Michigan state Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey was recorded on video calling the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol a "hoax."

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  • Politics

Michigan's Top Republican Falsely Calls U.S. Capitol Attack A 'Hoax'

Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey said Tuesday he regretted his "insensitive comments," but he didn't address his claims that the siege was fake.

February 10, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Now Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, (R-MI), listens to Congressional members remarks during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing, about the Flint, Mich. water crisis in 2016.

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  • National

Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Charged In Flint Water Crisis

At least a dozen people died and more than 80 people fell ill after untreated water from the Flint River caused lead to leach from old pipes, poisoning the water system city residents relied on.

January 14, 2021
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Tuesday her office is investigating threats against members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers. Nessel seen above in March during a news conference in Lansing, Mich.

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  • Elections

Michigan AG Investigating Threats Made Against Wayne County Election Officials

Dana Nessel's office did not outline specific threats against Wayne County Board of Canvassers. The probe was announced a day after Michigan certified that President-elect Joe Biden won the state.

November 24, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker
State data show Michigan added 47,771 new confirmed cases over the last seven days.

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  • Health

Michigan 5th Deadliest State For COVID-19 And 6th Highest Coronavirus Cases In U.S.

A state report says cases are spiking across all ages, races and ethnicities. Meanwhile, "contact tracing is becoming overwhelmed ... and is at or near all-time lows."

November 18, 2020
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  • Vanessa Romo
Election workers count absentee ballots earlier this month in Detroit, the county seat of Wayne County, Mich.

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  • Elections

Michigan's Wayne County Certifies Election Results After Brief GOP Refusal

The Republican members of the bipartisan Wayne County Board of Canvassers sought to block the certification of the state's most populous county — but they soon relented under withering criticism.

November 18, 2020
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  • Colin Dwyer
"In the spring, we listened to public health experts, stomped the curve and saved thousands of lives together. Now, we must channel that same energy and join forces again to protect our families, frontline workers and small businesses," Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in a statement.

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  • Politics

Whitmer: 'Not Going To Be Bullied' Over Michigan Coronavirus Restrictions

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued a "three-week pause" to curb coronavirus cases in the state. A Trump administration official encouraged residents to "rise up" against the restrictions.

November 17, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
Nicole, a kindergartner, and Angelique, a third grader, make a poster welcoming a regular visitor to the learning hub who teaches the children how to care for their pets: Persephone the guinea pig and George Kiwi the turtle.

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  • National

In Michigan, Undocumented Immigrants Form Learning Pod So They Won't Lose Their Jobs

For the past six weeks, 24 students at Ann Arbor Community Learning Center have been doing their virtual classwork on computers provided by the public school district.

November 01, 2020
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By:
  • Michelle Jokisch Polo
A voter is shown inserting her absentee voter ballot into a drop box earlier this month in Troy, Mich. A Michigan judge has blocked a ban on openly carrying guns in polling places on Election Day.

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  • Politics

Michigan Judge Blocks Ban On Open Carry Of Guns At Polls On Election Day

A judge sided with pro-gun groups, blocking a directive that banned openly carrying guns within 100 feet from polling centers on Nov. 3.

October 29, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced Friday that the state will not allow people to openly carry guns at or near polling places on Election Day.

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  • Elections

Michigan Bans Open Carry Of Guns At Polling Locations On Election Day

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson issued the directive Friday. It said the presence of guns "may cause disruption, fear or intimidation for voters, election workers and others."

October 16, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam was mentioned as a potential target for kidnapping when a group met to discuss plots to punish governors for their response to the coronavirus, the FBI says. Northam is seen here at a news conference in June in Richmond.

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  • Law

Men In Alleged Kidnapping Plot Also Considered Targeting Virginia Governor, FBI Says

Special Agent Richard Trask revealed the Virginia connection for the first time on Tuesday, testifying in a federal court in Michigan.

October 13, 2020
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By:
  • Bill Chappell and
  • Ryan Lucas
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, pictured in March 2019, told NPR the threat posed by individuals subscribing to extremist ideology is a nationwide problem.

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  • National

Michigan AG Says White Supremacist Groups Behind Plot To Kidnap Gov. Whitmer

"This effort to have a mass uprising nationally is something that we should be very concerned about because, again, it's not just a Michigan problem, this is an American problem," Dana Nessel said.

October 11, 2020
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  • Vanessa Romo
Joe Biden shops at Three Thirteen, a Detroit apparel store on Sept. 9. Biden is hoping Black and brown voters can help propel him to victory in Michigan, a state President Trump narrowly won in 2016.

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  • Politics

Biden's Test In Michigan: Winning Over Black And Brown Voters Disillusioned In 2016

Donald Trump won the state four years ago in part because turnout dipped among Black and brown voters in key Democratic strongholds. Joe Biden is trying to energize these voters, but some remain wary.

October 10, 2020
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
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