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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — A nonprofit operated by a Detroit megachurch pastor recently amended six years of tax filings after The Center Square reported the eye-popping salaries the original filings listed for him.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Democrats are ahead in key races across Michigan, including the U.S. Senate race between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers.
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(The Center Square) – Michigan ranked 27th nationally in a new report from The Heritage Foundation on “education freedom.”
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Reporting from The Center Square
(Legal Newsline) - The parents of a 15-year-old who drowned after following his friends past a line of warning buoys into deeper water in a campground pond can sue over allegations the pond was unsafe, a Michigan appeals court has ruled.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Prisha Mosley and her legal counsel on Tuesday made arguments against eight defendants in pursuit of medical malpractice at the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
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(The Center Square) – Michigan ranks among the better states for teachers, coming in 18th nationally in a new report.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – More prominent Jewish political leaders are joining a growing Michigan coalition calling on Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to sign on to five commitments addressing concerns over Jewish safety and political participation.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A Michigan rabbi says he does not believe a victory by progressive U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed would itself lead to harm against the Jewish community, but worries his rhetoric could influence others and deepen a growing sense of political homelessness among Jewish voters.
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(The Center Square) – Michigan voters have begun casting ballots for the 2026 general election after absentee ballots became available late last week.
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(The Center Square) — A Detroit pastor who last year admonished a parishioner for her inadequate church donation of $1,235 was paid a salary of $538,955 that year by a taxpayer-funded nonprofit he leads that is separate from the church, according to federal records.
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