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Lavora Barnes reelected as Michigan Dem Party chair

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes was reelected for a third two-year term Saturday after she helped lead the party to historic wins in the battleground state in the 2022 midterms. Barnes, who took over party leadership in 2019 after working as its chief operating officer for more than three years, was reelected to the position during the Michigan Democratic Party’s spring convention in Detroit. The party has enjoyed historic success in Michigan since Barnes took over four years ago. Democrats flipped both the state House and Senate last year, in ...

Girl missing over year found in closet of Michigan home

PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) — A 14-year-old girl who was reported missing over a year ago by her foster family has been found hiding in the closet of a Michigan home, authorities said. A U.S. Marshals fugitive team found the girl Tuesday in Port Huron, about 62 miles northeast of Detroit. Child Protective Services took her to a hospital, where it was discovered that she was pregnant. “She was crying,” Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Watson told the Detroit Free Press. “She didn’t know where she was going to go. She was pretty terrified. And she was afraid of losing her ...

Whitmer’s budget proposal prioritizes tax cuts, schools

LANSING — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday proposed a $79 billion budget that aims to substantially invest in schools and public health while cutting taxes for the state’s retirees and low-income households. Unveiled in a joint session between the House and Senate ...

GM reaches computer chip supply deal with GlobalFoundries

DETROIT — With the global shortage of semiconductors still crimping U.S auto production, General Motors has signed a deal with chipmaker GlobalFoundries to dedicate part of an upstate New York factory to supply the automaker. In a joint statement from the companies Thursday, Malta, New York-based GlobalFoundries said it will expand production capacity inside its Malta plant exclusively for GM’s supply chain. The factory would supply finished computer chips to GM parts suppliers that manufacture computer modules to control everything from transmissions to brakes to radios. GM ...

Man gets 5-year prison term in Planned Parenthood fire

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A man who was inspired by a church sermon to set fires at a Planned Parenthood clinic in southwestern Michigan was sentenced Monday to five years in prison. Joshua Brereton, 25, had pleaded guilty to committing arson at the Kalamazoo clinic last July. The clinic was not open at the time. Planned Parenthood offers abortion services. Brereton has made videos calling abortion a “genocide of babies.” “This offense was committed impulsively after he had heard a church sermon about ‘making a difference.’ ... In retrospect, Joshua looks at himself every ...

Michigan Center for Rural Health awarded $350K in EMS workforce grant funding

EAST LANSING — The Michigan Center for Rural Health has been awarded $350,000 in EMS workforce state grant funding and will be the acting fiduciary for distributing these funds to eligible rural EMS professionals who wish to pursue an initial paramedic education. The focus of the scholarship program, launched by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of Emergency Preparedness, EMS, and Systems of Care , is to establish, implement and operate workforce development programs. These resources will train people in emergency medical services and address the ...