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Conservatives say an effort to enshrine abortion rights into constitution would allow for unregulated procedures. Backers say they’re fearmongering.

Voters could face more than a dozen ballot measures on everything from minimum wage and criminal justice to elections and abortion. Here’s what you need to know.

With just a few weeks left before a signature deadline, measures that were expected to be signed into law by a Republican Legislature may be breathing last gasps.

A Democratic-backed group faces a campaign finance complaint on claims it paid signature gatherers not to work for opponents, then didn’t report the arrangement.

Michigan lawmakers vote to send proposal directly to ballot, a move that critics say is a conflict and saves a well-connected group millions of dollars.

A coalition wants to skip signature requirements, put ballot measure before voters. Michigan lawmakers aren’t making any promises.

12,000 new volunteers in just over a day for Reproductive Freedom for All, a petition drive seeking to write abortion rights into the Michigan Constitutiony Anti-abortion groups said their support has increased steadily.

Despite promises from Democrats, operators say they would have to stop offering the procedure if the Supreme Court overturns 1973 ruling.

A group of conservatives is pushing an initiative to nullify the state’s election results and declare Trump the winner. Not going to happen, experts say.

Legislation is sailing through to make it easier to remove names from a list that has grown to more than 270,000 over the years.

Takeaways from Friday's campaign finance deadline. Michigan's congressional delegation will look quite different come January.

Candidates turn to professionals to gather signatures to make the ballot. Costs have quadrupled because of the worker shortage to $20 per John Hancock.

A new report says the state needs to dramatically increase funding just to keep the status quo.

Few surprises but plenty of rallying cries as Democrats gather for their endorsement convention. The party standard-bearers say voting rights and abortion access will be top issues come fall.

A list of 20 resolutions is exposing some fault lines among Democrats. Causes like tribal issues made the cut, while some favored by urban and rural blocs did not.

The governor will ask the Michigan Supreme Court Thursday to declare abortion protected under the state constitution and invalidate a 1931 law that make abortion a crime if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.

The moderate is one of four Republicans to announce their departures after supporting impeachment. Upton was set to face a fellow Republican because of redistricting.

With his “reputation on the line,” President Donald Trump returned to Michigan to tout GOP attorney general hopeful Matt DePerno and secretary of state choice Kristina Karamo, who he wants the party to endorse this month.

At least seven people gave the maximum $7,150 to Leonard’s campaign for attorney general. But under Michigan law they were allowed to give many thousands more to his leadership PACs, which passed money to his campaign, a tactic experts say violates the spirit of campaign limits.

The ballot proposal would replace the current legislative term limits — six years in the House and eight years in the Senate — with a 12-year overall cap in the Legislature. Whether that strengthens or weakens term limits is a matter of perspective.