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Michigan News

New Ram electric pickup can go up to 500 miles on a charge

DETROIT (AP) — An electric Ram pickup truck with up to 500 mile (800 kilometers) of range per charge and a battery-powered people-hauling Kia SUV are among the new vehicles being introduced Wednesday at the New York International Auto Show. The two debuts in New York on Wednesday are among ...

Cities will get nearly $200M in grants for pipeline upgrades

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — The first $196 million in grants for a $1 billion federal program to repair and replace aging, sometimes leaking natural gas pipelines across the county were announced Wednesday. The Transportation Department and its Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety ...

Whitmer strikes 1931 abortion ban from Michigan law

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Mich. (AP) — A near-century old abortion ban that fueled one of the largest ballot drives in Michigan history was repealed Wednesday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, just months after voters enshrined abortion rights in the state's ...

Forecast warns of more severe storms in South, Midwest

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer Forecasters are warning of more severe weather, including tornadoes, Tuesday and Wednesday in parts of the South and Midwest hammered just days ago by deadly storms. That could mean more misery for people sifting through the wreckage of their homes ...

Michigan 1st state in decades to repeal ‘right-to-work’ law

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan, long known as a mainstay of organized labor, on Friday became the first state in decades to repeal a union-restricting law known as "right-to-work" that was passed over a decade ago by a Republican-controlled Legislature. The state's "right-to-work" law had ...

Gun bills coming in Michigan after 2nd school mass shooting

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press 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. The mass shooting ...