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Protestors outside the North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin, Michigan. April 21, 2026 | Photo by Erick Dia Veliz/Michigan Advance

Protestors gather outside Baldwin, MI facility as immigrant detainees held by ICE launch hunger strike

At the North Lake ICE Processing Center in Baldwin, the biggest in the Midwest with 1,800 beds, several hundred detained immigrants started a hunger strike on Monday, refusing to eat or work, ...

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Elections Mike Duggan’s campaign returns $500 donation from man who dumped dead woman’s body in ditch [UPDATED] By Richard Eberwein – 11/11/25

The campaign for independent Michigan gubernatorial candidate Mike Duggan said Tuesday afternoon it returned a $500 campaign donation from a man who plead guilty to mutilating a dead body.

Health care 260,000 Michiganders to lose health care as GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers cheers on the cuts By Austin Linfante – 10/21/25

During a radio interview last week, Michigan Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Mike Rogers repeated the widely debunked lie that President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) tax law will not kick citizens off Medicaid.

Economy SNAP benefit cuts could force Michigan families to choose low-quality food By MARK RICHARDSON Michigan News Connection – 10/20/25

Changes planned to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could begin affecting beneficiaries in Michigan and across the country as early as Nov. 1. The new federal budget is expanding SNAP ...

Democracy ‘No Kings’ rallies galvanize smaller cities and towns throughout Heartland By Austin Linfante – 10/20/25

Last Saturday’s “No Kings” rallies garnered an estimated 7 million people to rally against President Donald Trump and his administration’s monarch-like control of power. Much of the attention has been on the largest rallies in cities like New York City, Chicago, Washington D.C. and San Francisco.

Illinois Heartland states where conversion therapy bans could be reversed depending on SCOTUS ruling By Richard Eberwein – 10/15/25

The Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments last week in a case that could see the court restrict the ability for states to prohibit conversion therapy.

Education Advocates: Michigan budget ‘shortchanges’ public schools By CHRYSTAL BLAIR Michigan News Connection – 10/13/25

Education advocates in Michigan said the state’s new $21.3 billion school budget does not go far enough to meet students’ needs. Critics of the plan contended it once again shifts money away ...

Courts Coalition warns Michigan budget cuts could undermine public safety By CHRYSTAL BLAIR Michigan News Connection – 9/22/25

A coalition of justice advocates, which includes formerly incarcerated leaders, said Michigan’s House budget could jeopardize public safety by slashing proven programs. At a recent news ...

Health care Michigan nurses push back on OB closure, stalled contract By CHRYSTAL BLAIR Michigan News Connection – 9/17/25

Nurses in Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula are rallying today in Ironwood against the closure of the Aspirus Hospital obstetrics unit and in support of a fair union contract. The OB unit is ...

Foreign Vance touts tariffs at factory of company that manufactures in China and Mexico By Richard Eberwein – 9/17/25

On Wednesday, Vice President J.D. Vance spoke at Hatch Stamping Company, a factory in Chelsea, Mich. that supports many policies that Vance claims to vehemently disagree with, including outsourcing jobs and addressing climate change.

Economy Mike Rogers justifies Trump’s tariffs with return of manufacturing jobs, which are decreasing By Richard Eberwein – 9/10/25

During a town hall event last week, Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers defended President Donald Trump’s tariff policy with the argument that manufacturing jobs are returning to the United States, which is statistically false.

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