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Michigan Dem banned by Republicans for using the word ‘vagina’
Update (below): Michigan Dem calls on women to withhold sex until legislature backs down A female Democratic state representative in Michigan said Thursday that she has been silenced by her Republican colleagues after she uttered the word “vagina” while criticizing a slate of bills that would restrict female reproductive rights.…
Michigan GOP Ramming Abortion Bill that is “Most Extreme in the Country” through Legislature
The “most extreme abortion bill in the country” award previously went to Kansas. Now Michigan is throwing its hat in the ring with HB5711 and HB5712: A massive, 60-page omnibus bill that drastically limits abortion access and could shut down all abortion clinics in the state is being rushed through the…
Michigan students suspended for riding bikes to school
When 64 high school students in Michigan decided that their senior prank would be to stage a bicycle parade en route to their school, none of them — including the town’s mayor, who participated — expected that the school’s principle would threaten to bar them from graduating. But that’s precisely…
Arby’s restaurant apologizes for serving chunk of human finger
The Arby’s chain of restaurants has apologized for serving a Jackson, Michigan teen a chunk of a human finger in a sandwich earlier this month. In a letter published by MLive.com, an Arby’s vice president explains that the restaurant “wants to reassure customers that we are committed to providing quality…
Romney says story about Michigan layoffs is ‘humorous’
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Wednesday told a story about his father closing a factory in Michigan that he said tickled his funny bone. Speaking to thousands of Wisconsin voters during a tele-town hall, the former Massachusetts governor recalled what he described as a “humorous” anecdote that left some…
Obama to meet with auto union workers
US President Barack Obama will address members of the United Auto Workers union Tuesday as Republicans hold a key primary contest in Michigan, home to the US automobile industry. White House Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters the president will speak at the annual UAW community action program conference, which will bring together 1,700…
Romney: My wife ‘drives a couple of Cadillacs’
Republican hopeful Mitt Romney illustrated again on Friday why voters may find him harder to relate to than any other presidential candidate. In a speech to the Detroit Economic Club at Ford Field, the former Massachusetts governor awkwardly praised Michigan and bragged about all the vehicles he and his wife…
Republican state attorneys general sue Obama over birth control rule
Seven state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration that seeks to block the implementation of new federal government rules regarding contraception coverage. The attorneys general of Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas, along with some Catholic organizations, said in their lawsuit that the…
Romney woes leave Republican race on a knife-edge
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s future hangs in the balance. In one week’s time he could either be restored as the frontrunner in the Republican presidential race or be left staring into a political abyss. Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, a Christian conservative who fiercely opposes gay marriage and abortion, has…
Michigan faces lawsuit over new domestic partner health care ban
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against a new state law that eliminates health care coverage for the domestic partners of public employees. The lawsuit charges that the new law discriminates against gay and lesbian public employees by forcing them to…
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