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What to know about Prop 2 on Michigan’s ballot Nov. 3

Michigan is one of roughly half of the states in the country that allows citizens to collect signatures for voters to consider approving a law on the November statewide ballot. A certain threshold of signatures is required, as well as approval from the state’s board of canvassers. This year, voters will have a campaign finance law to consider — known as Prop 2 — that would prohibit many companies with government contracts, as well as state regulated utility companies, from making contributions to policymakers. The only other proposal facing voters is whether to hold a ...

Journalists draw fire for doing their jobs

Being a journalist isn’t a sure path to popularity. But we journalists don’t go into the profession to make new besties. Rather, to paraphrase William Shakespeare, we journalists have always suffered the slings and arrows of outraged people, and we still do. In recent years, however, it seems like individual journalists — not just their newspaper, broadcast or online outlet — are targets of snarky, snide, contemptuous, coarse and sometimes threatening remarks by people and institutions unhappy with how they do their jobs. President Donald Trump tells a Bloomberg News ...

AAA: Fall’s the time of year to beware of deer

Fall is the most dangerous time of year for deer-related crashes, AAA warns. Deer-vehicle collisions peak between October and December during mating season, with more than 1.5 million crashes occurring annually, resulting in roughly $1 billion in vehicle damage and about 150 human fatalities, AAA advises. In fact, deaths from collisions with animals — mostly deer — increased from 89 in 1975 to 210 in 2024, according to AAA. Drivers face the greatest risk at dawn and dusk, particularly on rural roads near wooded areas, waterways and farmland, AAA advises. All of which the Upper ...