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Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) looks on during the confirmation hearing of Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of Defense, on Capitol Hill Jan. 14, 2025.

Sen. Gary Peters won’t run for reelection in 2026

Michigan Capitol dome in Autumn with a tree with red leaves in the foreground..

Michigan Legislature kicks off 2025 with new leadership, new policy priorities

Donald Trump

How a 1974 law prohibits presidents from blocking congressional spending

Avocado imported from Mexico

What to know about looming tariffs on foreign goods

Miracle on Ice celebration

Sen. Gary Peters backs bill to award Congressional Gold Medal to ‘Miracle on Ice’ team

U.S. Capitol building

Reproductive Rights

Republican lawmakers file misleading ‘born alive’ anti-abortion bills in House and Senate

Hospital patient

Medicaid is in Republicans’ sights. Here’s what you need to know.

Abortion Rights

Reproductive Rights

Where to go for information on reproductive health care in Michigan

Michigan State Capitol

Michigan laws on contraceptives, housing, voting and more to take effect in 2025

School water fountain

Michigan schools and day cares receive state grants for drinking water infrastructure

Demonstrators advocating for transgender rights and healthcare stand outside of the Ohio Statehouse, Jan. 24, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio.

Trump rescinds federal recognition of transgender and nonbinary people

Abortion-rights protesters cheer at a rally following the United States Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, federally protected right to abortion, outside the state capitol in Lansing, Michigan, Friday, June 24, 2022.

Reproductive Rights

Abortion rights advocates prepare for Trump’s second presidency