Testimony began Tuesday in the preliminary exam for David Coker, a former legislative aide accused of embezzling from a $25 million earmark his ex-boss added to the state budget.
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Citizens cannot do their job of running their government if they don’t know what their public servants are doing.
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6 major issues in Michigan’s US Senate race
In Michigan’s high-stakes US Senate race, candidates are clashing over immigration enforcement, health care, dark money and more.
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Michigan’s ‘ghost counties’ tell stories of boom, bust and power
During the mid-and late-1800s, Michigan briefly created counties in remote parts of the state as settlement spread.
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For Democrats, a millennial showdown in Michigan’s high-stakes US Senate race
In one of the country’s most closely watched primaries, Haley Stevens, Mallory McMorrow and Abdul El-Sayed promise to bring a fresh perspective to the US Senate. None is more than 42 years old.
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Jewish officials seek security funding, reforms after Michigan attack
Days after the Temple Israel attack, Jewish officials in Michigan urge more security funding and new efforts to fight antisemitism.
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Michigan voter roll fight may be first to land at Supreme Court
Trump’s DOJ is going after state voter rolls, and while a judge dismissed the Michigan case last month, it’s on appeal and may end up at the US Supreme Court.
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Israel claims brother of man who attacked Michigan synagogue was Hezbollah commander
The attacker of a West Bloomfield synagogue died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A week earlier, four of his relatives had died in Lebanon.
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Michigan to clerks: Careful using jury pools to search for noncitizen voters
A clerk has led “a movement” to get others to compare jury pools with voter rolls, but the state says it’s not that easy.
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Feds: Temple Israel attacker was naturalized citizen from Lebanon
Officials say 41-year-old Ayman Mohamad Ghazali was killed by security after ramming into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township near Detroit
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Michigan synagogue attack: FBI investigating as ‘targeted act of violence’
The suspect is dead and no congregants were injured after an attacker drove a vehicle into a metro Detroit synagogue and was confronted by security officers on Thursday afternoon, according to authorities.