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Union members and supporters chant in the Capitol rotunda, Tuesday morning, March 14, 2023, as they wait for a Right To Work bill to be voted on. A Michigan Senate committee voted Tuesday morning to advance bills that would represent landmark victories for labor unions by repealing the 2012 right-to-work law and re-establishing a prevailing wage standard for state projects. (Todd McInturf/Detroit News via AP)

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Michigan Senate votes to repeal 2012 law restricting unions
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI - Associated Press
Tue,03/14/23-5:24PM , 54 Reads
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Hundreds of union supporters filled the halls of the Michigan Capitol on Tuesday as Senate Democrats voted along party lines in support of repealing the decade-old “right-to-work” law in a state long considered a pillar of organized labor.
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Michigan state Rep. Brenda Carter, D-Pontiac, left, and state Sen. Rosemary Bayer, D-Keego Harbor, join hands during a news conference to call for gun reform, Feb. 20, 2023, in Lansing, Mich. Michigan Democrats are poised to bring an 11-bill package to the Legislature next week that would implement safe storage laws, universal background checks and extreme risk protection orders, also known as red flag laws. A February mass shooting at MSU pushed Democrats to act fast on legislation they had already planned to prioritize. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)

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Gun bills coming in Michigan after 2nd school mass shooting
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI - Associated Press
Sun,03/12/23-8:15AM , 115 Reads
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Armed with two handguns and dozens of rounds of ammunition, 43-year-old Anthony McRae open fired on the Michigan State University campus on the night of Feb. 13, killing three students and wounding five more.
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Democratic state Reps., from left, Denise Mentzer, Matt Koleszar, Joey Andrews, Jaime Churches and Dylan Wegela, listen as testimony is given during a House Labor Committee meeting, Wednesday, March 8 , 2023, in Lansing, Mich., on repealing the state's right-to-work law and restoring prevailing wages. (AP Photo/Joey Cappelletti)

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Michigan House approves repeal of state's right-to-work law
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI - Associated Press
Wed,03/08/23-12:46PM , 63 Reads
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House Homeland Security Committee member Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., asks a question during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on "Worldwide Threats to the Homeland", at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 15, 2022. Slotkin will seek an open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Debbie Stabenow in 2024, becoming the first high-profile candidate to jump into the battleground state race. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

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Democrat Elissa Slotkin to seek Michigan's open Senate seat
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI - Associated Press
Mon,02/27/23-6:50AM , 146 Reads
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan will seek the U.S.
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