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When hospitals close or cut vital services in the wake of Medicaid funding reductions, there is one very clear reason why those decisions will need to be made: Because the federal government just slashed the lifeblood of health-care delivery across the...

Michigan’s 35th Senate district has sat empty since January, with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer filing to call a special election
As bipartisan complaints mount , Whitmer’s office says an announcement may come in the ‘near future’
The uncertainty is a headache for local clerks, who would have to run any special election Whitmer calls but have limited resources...

Michigan voters will decide mayoral primaries, school millage proposals and more in the Aug. 5 primary
Detroit’s mayoral primary is a race to watch, while schools are requesting a combined $435 million in bonds
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday...

House Republicans held marathon committee sessions this week to hear lawmaker requests for taxpayer-funded earmarks
Speaker Matt Hall has vowed to exclude from the state Budget any earmarks that don’t comply with new House rules
But amid stalled budget negotiations, Democrats decried the earmark hearings as a ‘political stunt’ and ‘delay tactics’...