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Medicine bottles

Big Pharma pushes repeal of drug price negotiation that lowers costs for consumers

Xavier Square in Detroit

Michigan Democrats eye housing reform in waning days of lame-duck session

Debbie Stabenow

Sen. Debbie Stabenow says goodbye to the US Senate after 24 years of service

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump

Sexual misconduct charges and allegations dog many of Trump’s appointees

Gary Peters

Senate approves Gary Peters’ bill to provide better body armor for female DHS employees

A general view of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 20, 2023.

Nonpartisan scorekeeper: Trump’s tax cuts for the rich would not bring economic growth

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

Number of abortions in Michigan hit highest rate since 1989

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Mich., Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

How Trump 2.0 could affect education in Michigan

Cherries.

Climate change, pests and disease continue to threaten Michigan cherry crops

Mike Johnson

Narrow 220-215 GOP House majority may have a tough time governing

Supporters listen and hold up signs as President Donald Trump speaks during the annual "March for Life" rally on the National Mall, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in Washington.

Reproductive Rights

Abortion opponents eye renewed attacks on reproductive rights in Trump’s second term

A person counting money.

GOP plan to privatize mortgage firms could cost new borrowers $2,800 more annually