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      <title>A Michigan state senator is introducing a bill to ban bump stocks</title>
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      <description>Following a Supreme Court ruling that overturned a federal bump stock ban, state Sen. Dayna Polehanki introduced a bill to make it a felony to manufacture or sell the devices in Michigan.</description>
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      <description>Michigan legislation to ban the open and unlicensed carry of guns from polling locations passed the state Senate Thursday.</description>
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      <description>A law that bans holding phones or other electronic devices while driving takes effect today.</description>
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      <title>LISTEN: Navigating PFAS in products, alternatives, and potential bans</title>
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      <description>It’s not uncommon to see news stories that say, “toxic forever chemicals discovered” in insert-consumer-product, but why do PFAS need to be discovered? What alternatives do we have, and what are the prospects for banning them?</description>
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      <title>Michigan House passes child marriage ban</title>
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      <description>The Michigan House voted today to outlaw child marriage</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2023 21:53:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Michigan Chamber of Commerce recommends against non-compete ban</title>
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      <description>The Michigan Chamber of Commerce is opposing a Federal Trade Commission proposal to ban non-compete agreements.</description>
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      <title>Sexual assault bills move out of Senate</title>
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      <description>The Michigan Senate voted unanimously today to explicitly ban using medical treatment as a pretext for sexual contact.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2023 21:56:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A West Michigan school librarian says the district pulled a book against its own rules</title>
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      <description>Someone complained about the book, which is in the collection at the Galesburg-Augusta High School library. The superintendent denies the district broke its rules.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2023 22:20:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Leona Larson</dc:creator>
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      <title>Forest Hills Superintendent will keep job after removing books from library</title>
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      <description>Board of Education says it backs and supports Dr. Dan Behm.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 21:35:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Daniel Boothe</dc:creator>
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      <title>Dearborn schools review LGBTQ+ Books</title>
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      <description>More than 600-hundred people showed up to a Dearborn board of education meeting last night.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 15:17:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Eli Newman</dc:creator>
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