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Michigan News

5 days later, some in Michigan still lack power

A new storm teeming with freezing rain and strong winds socked Michigan on Monday, presenting a fresh challenge for crews that have been trying to restore electricity to thousands of customers who have been in the dark since ice snapped lines days ago. The state’s largest utilities, ...

Michigan power crews work, California recovers after storms

Some Michigan residents faced a fourth straight day without power Sunday as crews continued work to restore electricity more than 165,000 homes and businesses in the greater Detroit area following last week’s ice storm. Leah Thomas, whose home north of Detroit lost power Wednesday night, ...

Millions who rely on Medicaid may be booted off program

WASHINGTON (AP) — If you get health care coverage through Medicaid, you might be at risk of losing that coverage over the next year. Roughly 84 million people are covered by the government-sponsored program, which has grown by 20 million people since January 2020, just before the COVID-19 ...

GOP Rep. James won’t seek U.S. Senate seat

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press DETROIT — Republican Rep. John James filed paperwork Friday to run for reelection to his Detroit-area House seat, opting against a campaign for the Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Debbie Stabenow in 2024. James, a 41-year-old first-term ...

Judge releases man in 1990 slayings of 2 Michigan hunters

DETROIT — A judge threw out murder convictions Friday and ordered the release of a man who has long claimed innocence in the slayings of two Michigan deer hunters in 1990. Jeff Titus, 71, has served nearly 21 years of a life prison sentence. The state this week asked that he be freed, ...

Calls go out for sentencing, jail reform

By Journal Staff LANSING — Bills previewed by panelists during the 2023 Michigan Day of Empathy Thursday would end the possibility of sentencing a juvenile to life without parole, end Michigan’s cash bail system and make it possible for anyone serving a long, indeterminate sentence in ...