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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — Democratic hopes of taking control of the U.S. Senate in the upcoming midterm elections are heavily dependent on retaining an open seat in Michigan.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The Freedom Foundation gave The Center Square an exclusive look at its recent door-to-door campaign in Michigan aimed at informing public employees about their union opt-out rights.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Following a power outage that took an entire fuel refinery offline last weekend, filings with regulatory agencies reveal that additional problems at the plant with flood water have kept the facility from operating, creating the potential for Midwestern fuel prices to continue rising.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Michigan ranked 30th nationally in a new report examining election integrity across all 50 states.
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Reporting from Just the News
The Detroit News editorial acknowledged concerns about the endorsement Rogers received from President Donald Trump, but argued that Rogers can help reverse "the harm of Trump's policies and return the Republican Party to its conservative roots."
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Reporting from Just the News
Former Vice President Kamala Harris will join El-Sayed for a campaign roundtable about the disparities Black mothers face during and after pregnancy as part of a broader midterm effort to help Democrats win competitive seats in Congress.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A coalition of Michigan Jewish leaders says it is concerned by the lack of response from U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed after requesting five commitments from him.
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Reporting from Just the News
U.S. universities vet foreign partners mainly for risks in chips and weapons, and this report argues that American expertise in communications and public-opinion analysis could reach China's propaganda system through academic partnerships, but those partnerships don't get the same scrutiny.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – An Exxon Mobil fuel refinery southwest of Chicago went offline over the weekend, causing a halting of production and driving already heightened fuel costs even higher for Midwestern motorists, who likely won’t see prices ease until days later.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Line 5 resumed operations in northern Wisconsin over the weekend after a natural gas pipeline spill Aug. 25 near Saxon damaged the pipeline and led to its temporary shutdown.
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