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Attendees march during a rally encouraging voters to vote yes on Amendment 2, which would add a permanent abortion ban to Kentucky's state constitution at the state Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky, on October 1, 2022.

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  • Politics

Here are the places where abortion is on the ballot (in one way or another) this week

Abortion is on the ballot in California, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana and Vermont, but it's also playing a major role in races for governor, attorney general and state supreme courts nationwide.

November 07, 2022
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  • Sarah McCammon
Paul Bellar (from left), Joseph Morrison and Pete Musico, who were accused of supporting a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, were convicted of all charges Wednesday.

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  • National

Three men are convicted of supporting a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Joe Morrison, Pete Musico and Paul Bellar were found guilty of providing "material support" for a terrorist act as members of a paramilitary group.

October 26, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Ethan Crumbley attends a hearing at Oakland County Circuit Court in Pontiac, Mich., on Feb. 22. Crumbley, the teenager accused of killing four fellow students and injuring more at Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., is expected to plead guilty next week, authorities said Friday.

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  • National

A guilty plea is expected in the Michigan high school shooting that killed four

A teenager accused of killing four fellow students and injuring more at Oxford High School last November is expected to plead guilty to murder next week, authorities said Friday.

October 21, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The teen artist, who is a sophomore at Grant High School in Grant, Mich., attempted to allay parent's fears about her work and her intentions. "I put my artwork up there to make people feel welcomed," she said in a quivering voice.

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  • Education

A high school student's mural angers parents over what they say are hidden messages

Debate over the mural's meaning became heated during a school board meeting last week. Parents say the painting contains anti-Christian and demonic messages, while also being pro-LGBTQ.

October 20, 2022
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
The Flint water plant tower is seen on Jan. 6, 2022, in Flint, Mich.

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  • National

A Michigan judge drops felony charges against 7 people in Flint water scandal

The dismissal for 7 people was significant but not a surprise after the Michigan Supreme Court earlier said a different judge acting as a one-person grand jury had no authority to issue indictments.

October 05, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A worker returns voting machines to storage at the Fulton County Election preparation Center on Nov. 4, 2020 in Atlanta, Ga. The list of security breaches at local election offices since the 2020 election keeps growing, with investigations ongoing in at least three states, Colorado, Georgia and Michigan. Security experts say the breaches by themselves have not necessarily increased threats to the November elections, but say they increase the possibility that rogue election workers could access election equi

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  • Elections

Breaches of voting machine data raise worries for midterms

The revelation earlier this week that federal prosecutors are involved in investigations of suspected voting system breaches across the U.S. is fueling questions about the security of voting machines just two months before the midterm elections.

September 16, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Harri Hursti told NPR he's been instructed not to open the box containing the Dominion ImageCast X machine that he bought on eBay for $1,200.

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  • National Security

A hacker bought a voting machine on eBay. Michigan officials are now investigating

Harri Hursti bought the Dominion machine to uncover its vulnerabilities, something he often does for state election officials. But authorities are trying to find out how the machine ended up online.

September 08, 2022
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  • Vanessa Romo
Abortion rights protesters attend a rally outside the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich., on June 24, following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

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  • National

A 1931 law criminalizing abortion in Michigan is unconstitutional, a judge rules

The ruling was the latest development over abortion rights in a state where the issue is being argued in courtrooms and could go before voters this November.

September 08, 2022
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  • Rick Pluta, Michigan Public Radio Network
This combo of images provided by the Kent County, Mich., jail shows Barry Croft Jr., left, and Adam Fox.

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  • National

2 men are found guilty of conspiring to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

A jury convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan's governor in 2020 in a plot prosecutors described as a rallying cry for a U.S. civil war by anti-government extremists.

August 23, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Abortion rights protesters attend a June 24 rally following the United States Supreme Court's decision to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade</em>.

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  • Law

Michigan's abortion ban is blocked for now

A Michigan judge blocked county prosecutors from enforcing the state's 1931 ban on abortion for the foreseeable future. An attorney representing two GOP county prosecutors said an appeal is planned.

August 19, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Protestors for and against legal abortions gathered at The University of Michigan on May 14, 2022.

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  • National

Confusion roiled Michigan for days as abortion rights changed hour to hour

In a span of 3 days this week, court rulings seesawed between outlawing abortions and permitting them. A judge allowed them to continue Wednesday for at least 21 days.

August 05, 2022
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By:
  • Kate Wells
Supporters of a ballot measure to legalize abortion in Michigan gathered on Monday, after submitting hundreds of thousands of signatures to qualify for the November ballot.

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  • Health

In Michigan, the future of abortion rights could soon be up to voters

Abortion rights advocates in Michigan are hoping a wave of newly-motivated activists will turn out this year to override an abortion ban and put broad reproductive rights in the state constitution.

July 13, 2022
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By:
  • Kate Wells
GPB News NPR

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  • Music News

Carlos Santana collapsed from dehydration during a performance in Michigan

The legendary guitarist was performing at the Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Mich., 40 miles northwest of Detroit.

July 06, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks to abortion-rights protesters Friday at a rally outside the state capitol in Lansing, Mich., following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade.</em>

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  • National

Michigan shapes up as one of the next abortion battlefronts

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer tells NPR that abortion-rights supporters are fighting on all fronts to keep a 1931 ban from going back into effect.

June 28, 2022
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  • Christopher Dean Hopkins
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer attends an event with President Biden on March 9 at the White House.

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  • National

2 men are acquitted in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer; hung jury on 2 more

Two of four men were acquitted Friday in a conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, motivated by fury at the Democrat's tough COVID-19 restrictions early in the pandemic.

April 08, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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