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Benson predicts health care will be among the top issues during this year’s election. Yet some of her ideas have struggled in the state Legislature in recent years, even with her party in charge.
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Michael Symonds
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Cara Lieurance
A conversation with Miriam Thomas, Ron Dundon and Nora Hauk
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Mary Altaffer/APT.K. Carter gained fame as Nauls the cook in John Carpenter's 1982 horror classic, "The Thing." -
Thomas Padilla/APIn exile for nearly 50 years, Iran's Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has issued calls urging Iranians to join protests sweeping the country. But support for him may not be clear cut. -
AP/U.S. Air Force via DVIDSThe U.S. has launched another round of strikes against the Islamic State in Syria. This follows last month's ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and an American civilian interpreter. -
The alleged gunman, 24, has been charged with murder after the Friday shootings in northeast Mississippi. The victims include his father, uncle, brother and a 7-year-old relative, authorities said.
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WMUK covered issues related to national politics, housing, education and more. Unfortunately we also said goodbye to some long-time friends.
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Organizers want one minimum wage in Michigan, not the current system that will let employers pay tipped workers half of what everyone else makes. -
This week, anger and outrage spilled out across the nation over the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. -
After a formal opinion from the Michigan attorney general undid Republican budget cuts, the GOP is asking a judge to allow the cuts to go forward temporarily while they argue in court that they should be permanent. -
Michigan officials have been trying for years to shut down Enbridge's Line 5 over claims that it is unsafe and liable to spill petroleum products into the Great Lakes -
A unanimous three-judge panel held the University of Michigan research is confidential intellectual property that is exempt from the state’s Freedom of Information Act.
