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Mich. Senate rejects partnering on health exchange
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The GOP-led Michigan Senate adjourned Thursday without voting to partner with the federal government on an online health insurance marketplace, rejecting Gov. Rick Snyder's plan to spend a $31 million federal grant implementing...Tags: Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Insurance, Parties and Movements, Health Insurance
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Gov. Snyder says Mich. is model for GOP
DETROIT (AP) — Republican Gov. Rick Snyder says Michigan can be a role model as the national GOP charts a way forward in the wake of big election defeats. He echoed calls by Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee to look at what...
Tags: Immigration, Mitt Romney, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Politics
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Poll: Mich. evenly divided on right-to work law
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan residents are about evenly divided over whether their new right-to-work law will help or hurt the economy, according to a Michigan State University poll. 43% percent of those polled said the law will help...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Politics, Justice System, Elections
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Michigan lawmaker: Ban openly carried guns in schools
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A state lawmaker says Michigan should no longer let people openly carry guns into schools. Under existing law, people with concealed weapons permit may openly carry guns in schools and other gun-free zones in Michigan. But...
Tags: International Trade, Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Fight over Mich. health insurance market not done
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder's attempt for legislative approval of a new health insurance market in Michigan has been 1 ½-year odyssey — and it's not over yet. The GOP-led Senate quickly got behind his state-run marketplace, or...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Tea Party Movement, Health Insurance, Barack Obama, Executive Branch
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March: Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder and Michigan officials are encouraging residents to get to know and help out fellow state residents living with developmental disabilities this month. Snyder has proclaimed March as Developmental Disabilities...
Tags: Autism
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Michigan House OKs $31M grant for health exchange
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Rejecting pressure from conservatives, the Republican-led Michigan House voted Thursday to spend a $31 million federal grant for an online health insurance marketplace called for by the federal health care law. The 78-31 vote...
Tags: Republican Party, Insurance, Barack Obama, Politics
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Bill would end some Michigan alcohol regulations
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Legislation in the Michigan Senate would overhaul regulation of the state's alcohol industry. Sen. Howard Walker said Thursday the bill he introduced this week would eliminate outdated regulations and increase the size of the... -
Mich. courts weigh suits against right-to-work law
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Several courts are weighing a host of legal questions about Michigan's right-to-work law, including how it was passed and how it will affect tens of thousands of public workers, however, none were expected to issue rulings...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Parties and Movements, Labor Disputes, American Civil Liberties Union, Bill Schuette
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Lawsuit pending on domestic partner benefits ban
DETROIT (AP) — People who lost domestic partner benefits under a 2011 Michigan law say they're feeling the pinch as they wait months for a judge to decide whether the ban affecting public school and local government employees is unconstitutional....
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, American Civil Liberties Union, Health and Safety at School, Laws, Justice System
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Michigan won't use tourism logo in right-to-work ads
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan is halting the use of the "Pure Michigan" logo in ads touting the state's new right-to-work law. A Michigan Economic Development Corp. official told lawmakers Thursday that the agency is re-evaluating the use of...
Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Economic Policy
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Senate OKs bill to let public handle bear cubs
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An Upper Peninsula bear ranch could legally let visitors touch and pose for photos with bear cubs under legislation approved Thursday by the Michigan Senate, as lawmakers disagreed over the wisdom of having dangerous animals at...Tags: Humane Society of the United States, Animal Attacks, Politics, Elections
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