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      <title>Republicans want ‘comprehensive oversight’ of Michigan’s 2026 election. What does that mean?</title>
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      <description>The federal government doesn’t usually intervene in election administration, and the GOP request was vague about what it envisioned.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 23:21:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Hayley Harding, Votebeat</dc:creator>
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      <title>Brandell Adams enters race for vacant state Senate seat</title>
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      <description>Democrat Brandell Adams joins the race for Michigan’s vacant 35th state Senate district seat, which represents Bay City, Midland and Saginaw. Pressure has been mounting on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to call a special election. The seat, unfilled since January, could shift the balance of power in the state Senate.</description>
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      <title>Northeast Michiganders watch turbulent election season unfold</title>
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      <description>June and July saw back-to-back political events, which has left voters on both sides of the fence shocked. Northeast Michigan residents share their feelings on the 2024 election campaign.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 16:01:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Courtney Boyd</dc:creator>
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      <title>Peter Meijer defends his vote to impeach Donald Trump</title>
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      <description>United States Representative Peter Meijer held his first ever Town Hall Wednesday evening, where the Republican from Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District…</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2021 20:48:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Daniel Boothe</dc:creator>
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      <title>Kalamazoo residents volunteer in Georgia's Senate election</title>
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      <description>Three Kalamazoo volunteers helping get out the Democratic vote in today's (Tuesday's) US Senate races in Georgia say they're excited about the work.Troy…</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 21:28:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Andrew Robins</dc:creator>
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      <title>Whitmer: Republicans, “stop screwing around” with budget. Republicans: Stop holding the budget “host</title>
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      <description>Republican leaders in Lansing want to focus on the budget. And possibly save a plan to fix the state’s roads for a later date.But Governor Gretchen…</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2019 20:50:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MichMash: Supremes</title>
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      <description>The Michigan State Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments about Michigan’s minimum wage and paid sick leave laws. As part of the weekly series…</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 13:22:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jake Neher</dc:creator>
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      <title>Michigan Supreme Court asked to weigh in on paid sick leave, minimum wage laws</title>
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      <description>The Michigan Supreme Court will weigh in on how Republicans in the Legislature dealt with a voter-initiated measure to increase the state minimum wage.…</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2019 21:24:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MichMash: Veto</title>
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      <description>Republicans in the state Legislature are moving forward on controversial bills that have little chance of being signed into law. Governor Gretchen…</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2019 21:00:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Governor Gretchen Whitmer to give State of the State address on Tuesday</title>
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      <description>Governor Gretchen Whitmer will give her first State of the State address Tuesday night.Governor Gretchen Whitmer will give her speech in the state House…</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2019 22:21:03 GMT</pubDate>
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