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From the HERE City State Desk
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois handed No. 22 Michigan State its third loss of the season Thursday night, winning a four-set Big Ten volleyball match at Huff Hall. The Illini took the first two sets 25-22 and 25-23, dropped the third 25-21 and closed out the fourth 25-22. The setback leaves…
From the HERE City State Desk
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Two Big Ten heavyweights with zero conference wins between them meet Saturday afternoon, when Michigan welcomes Penn State to Michigan Stadium for a 3:30 p.m. ET kickoff in front of a national television audience. The Wolverines enter at 3-2 overall and 0-2 in league play, while…
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LANSING, Mich. — Fewer than half of Michigan's public school districts appear to be following a state law that requires them to tell families how to store guns safely, according to a report card released Thursday by the advocacy group End Gun Violence Michigan. The group reviewed the websites of…
Events
NORTHVILLE, Mich. — Groups hoping to roll through downtown Northville in this year's Holiday Lighted Parade have until Nov. 12 to sign up, as the Northville Chamber of Commerce lines up entries for the Nov. 20 event. The parade steps off at 6:30 p.m. that Friday and wraps up with…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan's jobless rate did not budge in September, staying at 5.0 percent for a second straight month, according to state figures released Thursday. The steady rate masked a softer month underneath. About 27,000 fewer residents reported having work than in August, while the count of people looking…
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LANSING, Mich. — A bipartisan group of seven state senators wants to open Michigan's no-fault medical opt-out to more drivers, under a bill filed in Lansing on Tuesday, Oct. 14. Senate Bill 1208 rewrites the part of the Insurance Code that lets some policyholders skip personal protection insurance, the coverage…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON — A senior administration official said Katie Zacharia, now the White House briefing-room lead, sat for California bar testing after Pepperdine Law and did not pass, intensifying scrutiny of how she has billed her credentials. President Donald Trump introduced her as an attorney. Zacharia has long used the word…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON — Fresh midterm finance filings show Democratic Senate hopefuls flooding accounts in the July-September window, with Texas Democrat James Talarico reporting a $64 million quarter. His team called that haul the biggest Senate total ever logged for those three months, beating Jaime Harrison $57 million South Carolina mark from…
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