#Michigan News

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DEARBORN, Mich. (WXYZ) — We’re drawing closer to a strike deadline on Sept. 14 as United Auto Workers members remain at odds with the Big Three over double-digit pay increases, eliminating a two-tier wage system, a 32-hour work week and better benefits. The UAW is confirming strike authorization votes are ongoing at their local unions and now, a new video singles out a Ford Motor Co. worker who says she’s fighting for more. The fourth generation worker, Sara Schambers, says it’s becoming increasingly harder to make ends meet. “In order to make the amount that Farley said, you have to live in these plants. You have to work 12 hours a day, five to six, sometimes seven days a week in order to make that kind of money,” Schambers said.

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Michigan Democratic Governor Whitmer Signs $23.4B Education Budget Including Free Community College, Pre-K –Flint Michigan reporting

Governor Whitmer:

“This balanced education budget—my sixth—makes record-breaking investments to support our students, invest in our schools, and empower our educators,” Whitmer said.

“With access to free pre-K for all, record funding for students, free school meals, on-campus mental health resources, and tuition-free community college for every high school graduate, this budget will improve outcomes, lower costs, and strengthen our education system.”

Under the new budget, free pre-K for 4-year-olds will be available for families making 400% or less of the federal poverty limit. That collective income limit is $81,760 for a family of two, $103,280 for a family of three and $124,800 for a family of four, according to the federal 2024 poverty guidelines.

The $54 million investment will provide free pre-K for about 5,300 additional children in the state, according to state officials.

The spending plan also includes a $30 million investment to expand the Michigan Achievement Scholarship, which state officials say most students qualify for.

Democratic lawmakers say this investment would allow every Michigan high school graduate to receive an associate degree or skilled certificate tuition-free at a community college.

The scholarship expansion would also give more dollars to students attending private and public universities.

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From FOX 2 Detroit - Michigan sending $100 million in marijuana tax revenue to cities, townships, and counties

Michigan sending $100 million in marijuana tax revenue to cities, townships, and counties

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The national March for Life in Washington, D.C., has become an annual pilgrimage for hundreds of thousands of pro-lifers every January. But since the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court last year, and the subsequent passage of Michigan's widely permissive Proposal 3 in November's election, the issue of abortion has taken on a new urgency at the state level. In response, pro-lifers in Michigan are turning their attention to Lansing next month as the epicenter of a new legal and spiritual battleground. The first Michigan March for Life is set for Nov. 8, 2023, at the state capitol in Lansing, coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the passage of Proposal 3, which placed abortion rights on a pedestal in the Michigan state constitution.

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Ideological Deportation Policy Faces Legal Setback as Nessel and 18 States Sue to Stop It

Michigan joins legal fight against Trump-era immigration orders critics say target free speech and threaten higher education nationwide. Ideological Deportation Policy raises free speech alarm in Michigan Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined 18 other attorneys general in challenging the Trump Administration’s “Ideological Deportation Policy”, a move that could significantly impact…

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Michigan vs. Michigan State odds, prediction: 2025 college basketball picks, Feb. 21 best bets by model.

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As someone in michigan who is living near one of the confirmed cases of tuberculosis, I feel like this is the calm before the storm. With trump pulling out of The w.h.o I fear that things are going to get worse. Why is tuberculosis coming back?

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DETROIT (AP) — Autoworkers at the first Ford factory to go on strike have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a tentative contract agreement reached with the company. Members of Local 900 at the Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, west of Detroit voted 81% in favor of the four year-and-eight month deal, according to Facebook postings by local members on Thursday. Two union officials confirmed the accuracy of the percentage Thursday. Neither wanted to be identified because the vote totals had not been made public. About 3,300 United Auto Workers union members went on strike at the plant Sept. 15 after the union’s contract with Ford expired. They remained on the picket lines until Oct. 25, when the union announced the tentative deal with Ford. Production workers voted 81% to ratify the deal, while skilled trades workers voted 90% in favor. Voting at Ford will continue through Nov. 17.