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Republican States Claim Zero Abortions. A Red-State Doctor Calls That ‘Ludicrous.’
In Arkansas, state health officials announced a stunning statistic for 2023: The total number of abortions in the state, where some 1.5 million women live, was zero.
In South Dakota, too, official records show zero abortions that year.
And in Idaho, home to abortion battles that have recently made their way to the U.S. Supreme Court, the official number of recorded abortions was just five.
In nearly a dozen states with total or near-total abortion bans, government officials claimed that zero or very few abortions occurred in 2023, the first full year after the Supreme Court eliminated federal abortion rights.
Those statistics, the most recent available and published in government records, have been celebrated by anti-abortion activists. Medical professionals say such accounts are not only untrue but fundamentally dishonest.
“To say there are no abortions going on in South Dakota is ludicrous,” said Amy Kelley, an OB-GYN in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, citing female patients who have come to her hospital after taking abortion pills or to have medical procedures meant to prevent death or end nonviable pregnancies. “I can think of five off the top of my head that I dealt with,” she said, “and I have 15 partners.”
For some data scientists, these statistics also suggest a troubling trend: the potential politicization of vital statistics.
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#RashidaTlaib slams #USA House committee hearing on #antisemitism and campus #encampments#DefendStudentProtesters
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Michigan Supreme Court hears arguments about changing minimum wage
The Michigan Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a dispute over the state’s minimum wage law that dates back to 2018, when the Michigan legislature decided to adopt increases in the minimum wage outlined in a ballot initiative, but did so with the intent to water them down. Since then, proponents for the initiative have challenged the legislature’s ability to do so, taking that fight to the state’s highest court on Thursday.
Advocates behind the 2018 proposal, which among other things would have raised the minimum wage to $12 by 2022, had enough signatures to get the issue on the ballot and allow voters to decide the issue, but instead, the legislature passed the initiatives, with leadership indicating from the start that the plan was to quickly amend the changes.
As things stand, Michigan’s minimum wage sits at $10.10, although it will increase to $10.33 on January 1, 2024. However, under the current law, it would not surpass $12 an hour until 2030, eight years after the ballot initiative would have achieved that.
Proponents of raising the minimum wage assert that the 2018 Republican-led legislature bypassed the rights of the people of Michigan to pursue ballot proposals.
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Sentence upheld for Michigan leader of white supremacist group
The Michigan Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld the original sentence handed down to the leader of The Base – a national white supremacist group that advocates for violence against the government.
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Michigan earns high marks on redistricting in new report, with room for improvement
In a new report evaluating state redistricting efforts, Michigan scored a “B” based on feedback from state and local organizations, advocates and community organizers.
The report by the Coalition Hub for Advancing Redistricting & Grassroots Engagement (CHARGE), used interview survey responses to evaluate each state’s redistricting efforts, including what worked, what did not and what could be done better in the future.
Michigan ranked alongside Alaska, Colorado, Iowa, Maine, Montana, New Mexico and Vermont. Only two states ranked higher at an “A-”: California and Massachusetts. Alabama, Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin all received the lowest grade, an “F.”
According to the report, the states were graded based on transparency, opportunities for public input, willingness of decision makers to draw districts based on that input, adhering to nonpartisanship, empowerment of communities of color, and policy choices such as rejecting prison gerrymandering.
#USPol #Politics #News #Michigan #Redistricting #MIRC #MichiganAdvance #Voting #Elections #VotingReform
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Trump isn't even going to a union plant!? 🤣🤡
Trump to speak Wednesday at non-union Macomb Co. automotive parts manufacturer
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday is set to deliver remarks at Drake Enterprises, an automotive parts manufacturer and supplier in Clinton Township in Macomb County, according to an announcement from Trump’s campaign.
The former president’s visit to the facility will follow President Joe Biden’s Tuesday visit to join striking United Auto Workers (UAW) union members on the picket line.
#USPol #Politics #Michigan #UAW #UAWStrike #Trump #DonaldTrump #Biden #JoeBiden #POTUS #Union #MichiganAdvance
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Michigan has the most plants joining the UAW’s Detroit Three strike
Week two of the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike started Friday, with 38 new sites being called to join picket lines after another week of negotiations with Detroit Three auto manufacturers Ford, General Motors and Stellantis failed to result in a deal. Of the now 41 locations on strike across 21 states, 14 are in Michigan.
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Senate Dems introduce prescription drug oversight board bills following governor’s speech
Senate Democrats on Tuesday introduced another tool to combat high drug prices, seeking to fulfill another one of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s fall priorities.
State Sens. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City) and Veronica Klinefelt (D-Eastpointe) put forth a package of bills — Senate Bills 483, 484 and 485 — to create a Prescription Drug Affordability Board, an independent body that will set upper payment limits on prescription drug costs.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called for the creation of this board in her “What’s Next” address, citing recommendations from the state’s Prescription Drug Task Force established in 2020.
“Let’s further lower the cost of prescription drugs by implementing the task force’s remaining recommendations, like establishing an independent, nonpartisan prescription drug affordability board.” Whitmer said in the speech.
“We need to hold bad actors across the supply chain accountable for skyrocketing prices, while also encouraging [research and development] for new treatments and cures made right here in Michigan,” she said.
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Activist files legal challenge to disqualify Trump from 2024 presidential race in Michigan ⋆ Michigan Advance
A Highland Park resident filing a legal challenge Monday aimed at disqualifying Donald Trump from the 2024 primary and general election ballots in Michigan, claiming the former president is ineligible to serve another term because he had engaged in an insurrection or rebellion against the U.S.
Robert Davis, who has frequently filed lawsuits against public officials, is urging Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to declare that under the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment, Trump is prohibited from appearing on the ballot next year.
The 14th Amendment is a Civil War-era addition to the Constitution. Section 3 of the amendment prevents those who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the U.S. from holding office.
Davis argues that Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, his repeated attempts to overturn the election, and his continued financial support for people charged in the U.S. Capitol attack amount to engaging in an insurrection or rebellion.
#USPol #Politics #News #Michigan #MichiganAdvance #Trump #DonaldTrump #Insurrection #Election #2024Election
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Updated COVID-19 vaccines expected to be available in September, federal officials say
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is gearing up for a fall vaccination campaign that not only includes updated COVID-19 boosters, but the annual flu shot and the newly approved RSV vaccine.
“We’re going to be encouraging Americans to get their COVID-19 vaccine in addition to their annual flu shot, as well as the immunizations for RSV for people who are over the age of 60 as well as for infants,” one official said. Respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV, usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms but can also be serious, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
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https://michiganadvance.com/2023/08/25/updated-covid-19-vaccines-expected-to-be-available-in-september-federal-officials-say/ -
Federal aid led to poverty rates dropping in Michigan during pandemic, MLPP reports
“Children who are living in poverty are more likely to face barriers throughout their life,” Stanton said. “So 18% of all Michigan’s kids live in poverty and poverty is not concentrated in one place in our state, it is spread throughout. … There is not a community in our state that does not struggle with childhood poverty.”
About 20% of 18 to 24 year-olds live in poverty in the state, Stanton added.
However, compared to data from 2016, the report says the number of children living in poverty decreased by about 71,000 kids and the number of young adults living in poverty decreased by about 73,000 people.
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Michigan fake electors arraigned in Lansing court Thursday
"...A total of 16 individuals were each charged in July with eight election fraud-related felonies, including former Michigan Republican Party Co-Chair Meshawn Maddock, Michigan GOP National Committeewoman Kathy Berden, Wyoming Mayor Kent Vanderwood and Shelby Township Trustee and Clerk Stanley Grot.
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Here’s what we know about the charges against the 2020 Michigan fake electors
After Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced charges Tuesday against 16 Michigan residents tied to a scheme to submit false electoral votes in support of former President Donald Trump, elections experts and GOP officials are responding to the charges.
“My department has prosecuted numerous cases of election law violations throughout my tenure, and it would be malfeasance of the greatest magnitude if my department failed to act here,” Nessel said in a statement released Tuesday.
According to an affidavit in support of the charges filed by Howard Shock, a special agent investigator with the Michigan Department of Attorney General, 14 out of 16 individuals identified to the state as Republican Party candidates for elector allegedly met at the Michigan Republican party headquarters on Dec. 14, 2020.
#USPol #Politics #Michigan #DanaNessel #MIPolitics #GOP #MAGA #FakeElectors #Trump #Dempcrats #Republicans #News #MichiganAdvance
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Michigan still allows emergency takeovers of local governments. Is it finally time to reconsider?
In Detroit, the past was all too present. Houses, businesses and schools that once supported nearly 2 million people sat vacant. Old debts forced city leaders into impossible choices. There was not enough money for public safety, not enough for streetlights, not enough for parks, not enough for education — not enough, period.
In March 2013, an attorney named Kevyn Orr was appointed to take charge. He’d never received a vote and had never been vetted by the mayor or City Council. And yet, he assumed all the power that otherwise would be held by the mayor and council, as well as additional powers, such as the ability to unilaterally sell city assets. While local officials could attempt to veto certain decisions, the veto itself was subject to state approval.
Four months later, with the governor’s signoff, Orr led Detroit into the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. Orr had this authority because of Michigan’s expansive system for intervening in distressed cities and schools. His appointment by state officials as Detroit’s emergency manager intensified a debate about power and democracy that continues to this day.
In Michigan, the state has an unusual amount of discretion in initiating oversight, and its emergency managers have an unusual amount of authority, according to researchers. Compared with those of other states, Michigan’s takeover powers have also been among the most widely used. Since 2000, under various versions of the law, 10 Michigan municipalities have come under the control of at least one emergency manager. So did several public school districts, including Detroit’s.
The results were mixed and showed a clear trend, some studies found, toward intervening in majority-Black towns. One recent study found that the race and economic status of residents and the city’s reliance on state revenue were better predictors of a municipal takeover than financial distress indicators.
By 2017, 56% of Michigan’s Black residents had lived in cities governed by emergency managers or other state oversight measures, according to a widely cited lawsuit filed in federal court by a coalition of community leaders against Michigan’s governor and treasurer. Just under 3% of white people had the same experience, the complaint said. (The suit, which sought to overturn the law based on equal protection and voting rights, was later dismissed.)
#USPol #Politics #Detroit #Flint #Michigan #MIPolitics #EmergencyManager #Whitmer #MichiganAdvance
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Via #JonKingNews our colleague for #MichiganAdvance, Enbridge files for appeal of judge's shutdown order.
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Michigan voter reforms have made it a model for strengthening democracy, report says
"While some states have struggled to implement meaningful reforms—and many have moved in the wrong direction by restricting access to the ballot box — Michigan has proved that transformational change can be accomplished in just a few short years"
#USPol #Politics #Voting #Elections #Michigan #News #VotingReform #Democracy #Democrats #MichiganAdvance
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As mass shootings climb in the U.S., Michiganders are determined to end the violence
“We cannot keep living like this,” the governor continued. “As a nation, we must keep working toward common sense solutions to prevent these tragedies. Michiganders are standing with Texans.”
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Michigan could join states in the national popular vote compact. So what would that mean?
Legislation has been reintroduced this session to change the way Michigan’s electoral votes are awarded, which supporters hope will eventually result in the presidency always being awarded to whichever candidate wins the most votes nationally.
#Michigan #Politics #USPol #News #ElectoralCollege #NationalPopularVote #MIPolitics #MichiganAdvance
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Experts say pandemic is ‘not at all’ over while grappling with gaps in COVID-19 data
"It has now been more than three years since COVID-19 threw the world into upheaval — but with reported cases falling in Michigan and a general sense of pre-pandemic normalcy back, many entities have ramped down their reporting methods for new COVID-19 cases and deaths."
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As 1M Michiganders face losing Medicaid, Dems vow to fight for health care coverage
Health care for Michiganders and people across the country is under attack by congressional Republicans who are supporting legislation that could end Medicaid coverage for as many as 1 million Michigan residents, Protect Our Care founder and Chair Leslie Dach said during a press call Thursday morning.
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Michigan lawmakers, AG unveil bills to crack down on targeted hate violence
House Bills 4474-4477 would enact the Michigan Hate Crime Act and the Institutional Desecration Act, update sentencing guidelines and make it easier to prosecute individuals who target others for their ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability.
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What’s in the Senate Dem bills aimed at facilitating Michigan’s clean energy transition?
"Included in the seven-bill package from Democrats, who control the Legislature, are measures that would update standards for renewable energy, establish a standard for clean fuel, create plans to phase out coal-fired power plants by 2030 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings"
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"The Detroit City Council Reparations Task Force heard ideas from the public during its first meeting on Thursday in downtown Detroit."
"They included remedies designed to address home mortgage foreclosure, various tax credits, repaying city retirees who took pension losses during the city’s 2013 bankruptcy process, as well as direct cash payments to African American city residents"
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A personal reflection from #MichiganAdvance editor #SusanJDemas on last week’s mass shooting at Michigan State.
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/02/19/susan-j-demas-what-we-owe-our-children-after-the-horror-at-msu/