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A slew of conservative groups will lead a new coalition to spur civics education and push the subject in a more patriotic direction, the U.S. Education Department announced last month, raising alarms for some traditional civics and education groups that were not included in the initiative.
Trump undertakes a MAGA-centric makeover of US civics education • Michigan Advance
WASHINGTON — A slew of conservative groups will lead a new coalition to spur civics education and push the subject in a more patriotic direction, the U.S. Education Department announced last month, ra...
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The Detroit-based nonprofit Mothering Justice — which centers its work on the needs of mothers and families, from paid sick leave to affordable child care — hosted the grand opening of their new center in Detroit’s Eastern Market neighborhood on Thursday evening.

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Detroit-based advocacy group Mothering Justice opens new office space in Eastern Market • Michigan Advance
The Detroit-based nonprofit Mothering Justice — which centers its work on the needs and rights of mothers and families, from paid sick leave to affordable child care — hosted the grand opening of thei...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 14h
GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge in Maryland seemed inclined to order the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration detention after oral arguments in court Friday, a potentially major development in the high-profile case.

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Judge weighs Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release from immigration detention • Michigan Advance
GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge in Maryland seemed inclined to order the release of  Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration detention after oral arguments in court Friday, a potentially major developm...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 15h
President Donald Trump threatened to add a 100% tariff rate on Chinese goods Friday, saying in a social media post he was responding to export controls from the world’s second-largest economy.

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Trump pledges additional 100% tariffs on China by Nov. 1 • Michigan Advance
President Donald Trump threatened to add a 100% tariff rate on Chinese goods Friday, saying in a social media post he was responding to export controls from the world’s second-largest economy. “China ...
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The latest in Michigan's tabulator tampering case: Preliminary examination delayed for DePerno and Rendon over a dispute on whether a series of text messages should be admitted as evidence. @michiganadvance.com
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Michigan election tampering case stalls as DePerno seeks to block texts linked to 2020 audit effort • Michigan Advance
After the preliminary examination of former attorney general candidate Matt DePerno and former state Rep. Daire Rendon (R-Lake City) kicked off on Thursday, the review of evidence has been put on paus...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 19h
After the preliminary exam of former AG candidate Matt DePerno and former state Rep. Daire Rendon (R-Lake City) kicked off on Thursday, the review of evidence has been put on pause over a dispute on whether a series of text messages should be admitted as evidence.

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Michigan election tampering case stalls as DePerno seeks to block texts linked to 2020 audit effort • Michigan Advance
After the preliminary examination of former attorney general candidate Matt DePerno and former state Rep. Daire Rendon (R-Lake City) kicked off on Thursday, the review of evidence has been put on paus...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 19h
The answer:

General Casimir Pulaski

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1966 : General Casimir Pulaski Receives A Statue in Detroit (2025-10-10)
A statue of General Casimir Pulaski, a much-honored Revolutionary war hero who established the young nation’s first cavalry, was erected at the corner of Washington Boulevard and Michigan Avenue in Detroit. A large crowd, many of them proud Polish-Americans, turned out for the dedicati
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The Detroit-based nonprofit Mothering Justice — which centers its work on the needs of mothers and families, from paid sick leave to affordable child care — hosted the grand opening of their new center in Detroit’s Eastern Market neighborhood on Thursday evening.

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Detroit-based advocacy group Mothering Justice opens new office space in Eastern Market • Michigan Advance
The Detroit-based nonprofit Mothering Justice — which centers its work on the needs and rights of mothers and families, from paid sick leave to affordable child care — hosted the grand opening of thei...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 21h
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Friday it had begun mass layoffs of federal employees, a step not taken during previous government shutdowns and one that could significantly reshape the size and scope of the government.

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‘Substantial’ layoffs of federal workers launched by Trump administration amid shutdown • Michigan Advance
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Friday it had begun mass layoffs of federal employees, a step not taken during previous government shutdowns and one that could significantly reshape th...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 22h
Your Weekly Michigan Political Brief

Campaign 2026 announcements and endorsements for the week of Oct. 6, 2025.

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Your Weekly Michigan Political Brief • Michigan Advance
IBEW Local 58, representing 4,800 electricians and limited energy installer/technicians throughout Metro Detroit, endorsed Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan in his independent bid for Michigan governor. Michi...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 1d
Michigan's new school budget shifts more teacher pension costs onto local districts — prompting pushback from educators + advocates. Critics say it squeezes public schools, favors charters, and cuts into classroom funding.

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New Michigan school budget shifts more teacher pension costs to districts, prompting pushback • Michigan Advance
As Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the state’s new education budget; she also made official a number of changes to the Michigan Public School Employees’ Retirement System, or MPSERS, which provides pensi...
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ICYMI - While the imposition of a 24% wholesale marijuana tax won bipartisan support, its detractors were similarly bipartisan as some lawmakers warned it could smother small businesses, expand the black market, and open the state up to a constitutional challenge.

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Critics warn Michigan's 24% pot tax could crush small retailers, boost black market, hurt patients • Michigan Advance
As state budget negotiations drew to a close last week, members of the Democratic-led Senate and the Republican-led House were able to reach a deal to bring in additional funding for road repairs thro...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 1d
The Bitcoin mine has drawn outrage from residents who have demanded answers from local leadership about the operation’s energy use, water use, water pollution and impacts on utility rates, among other issues. mines to cool their servers.

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A Bitcoin mine came to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and Dafter Township isn’t happy • Michigan Advance
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The federal government shutdown is forcing a reckoning for two remote health care programs because they automatically expired Oct. 1. The telehealth and in-home hospital care programs were both temporary — but increasingly popular — options for Medicare recipients
Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular telehealth and hospital-at-home programs • Michigan Advance
The federal government shutdown is forcing a reckoning for two remote health care programs because they automatically expired Oct. 1. The telehealth and in-home hospital care programs were both tempor...
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Michigan Advance Trivia:

What Revolutionary War hero had a statue erected in their honor in Detroit on Oct. 10, 1966? (59 years ago today)

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A bipartisan group of former governors, including Michigan’s Jennifer Granholm, said Trump’s federalization and deployment of National Guard members to Chicago to control “modest” protests upended the careful balance between state and federal powers.
Former governors, state AGs weigh in on Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops • Michigan Advance
President Donald Trump’s novel use of National Guard troops for law enforcement purposes has reopened a debate over states’ authority to control police powers, as dueling briefs from current and forme...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 1d
The answer:

“Goblu” and “Beatosu” (referencing “Go Blue” and “Beat OSU”)

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Why did a Michigan cartographer once make up two cities? A fascinating nugget of information, new every day.
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While a 24% pot tax won support from both sides of the aisle last week in Lansing, its detractors were similarly bipartisan, warning that it risked smothering small businesses, expanding the black market, and opened the state up to a potential constitutional challenge.

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Critics warn Michigan's 24% pot tax could crush small retailers, boost black market, hurt patients • Michigan Advance
As state budget negotiations drew to a close last week, members of the Democratic-led Senate and the Republican-led House were able to reach a deal to bring in additional funding for road repairs thro...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 1d
The prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, which comes with an $800,000 prize to support ongoing research, will be granted this year to Jason McLellan, a Wayne State University graduate, for his pioneering vaccine research.

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Wayne State alum gets ‘genius grant’ for groundbreaking viral proteins, vaccine research • Michigan Advance
The prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, which comes with an $800,000 prize to support ongoing research, will be granted this year to Jason McLellan, a Wayne State University graduate. The award, known a...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 1d
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday he’s prepared to cancel funding approved by Congress that he believes is going toward programs supported by Democrats, though he didn’t share any additional details during a Cabinet meeting.

“We’ll give them a little taste of their own medicine.”
Trump threatens 'permanent' cuts to Democratic programs on day nine of shutdown gridlock • Michigan Advance
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday he’s prepared to cancel funding approved by Congress that he believes is going toward programs supported by Democrats, though he didn’t share any addi...
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A $500 million dollar grant to convert the General Motors Lansing Grand River Assembly plant to electric vehicle production is among more than $16 billion in federal grants being considered for cancellation by President Donald Trump.

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Trump threatens GM's $500 million EV project in Lansing, other Michigan grants, reports say • Michigan Advance
A $500 million dollar grant to convert the General Motors Lansing Grand River Assembly plant to electric vehicle production is among more than $16 billion in federal grants being considered for cancel...
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Questions from the justices centered on whether Gov. Whitmer should be granted immunity in her official capacity, and whether the case should not be considered timely as it was filed over a year after the governor’s lawyers say the “harms” began.

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Michigan Supreme Court justices question governor’s immunity, timeliness of worker’s comp lawsuit • Michigan Advance
The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center presented oral arguments to the Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday in a case that they are bringing against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for her policy to deny worker’s ...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 2d
Augusta Township officials see millions of dollars in tax revenue, but more than 950 residents who signed ballot petitions fear endless noise, pollution and higher electric rates.

Part two in a series from @insideclimatenews.org

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A Michigan Town Hopes to Stop a Data Center With a 2026 Ballot Initiative • Michigan Advance
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WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans disapprove of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s job performance and the federal government’s evolving vaccine policy, according to a poll released Thursday by the nonpartisan health organization @kffhealthnews.org
Majorities disapprove of RFK Jr. performance, doubt autism-Tylenol claims, KFF poll finds • Michigan Advance
WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans disapprove of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s job performance and the federal government’s evolving vaccine policy, according to a poll...
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate failed to advance Wednesday night a resolution designed to curb the president’s power regarding military actions abroad after the Trump administration ordered four strikes on boats in the Caribbean.

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US Senate rejects restriction of military strikes on vessels in the Caribbean • Michigan Advance
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate failed to advance Wednesday night a resolution designed to curb the president’s power regarding military actions abroad after the Trump administration ordered four strikes...
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