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Michigan Votes

Here’s how your local state lawmakers voted on legislation last week.

Apr 16, 2018 at 11:00 AM
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Bill: College leaders must be told of sex misconduct cases

Michigan lawmakers took an initial step Wednesday to require that the governing board of each state university receive written notice of any instance of possible campus sexual misconduct, which backers said would ensure that college leaders don't ignore such allegations in the wake of the Larry Nassar scandal at Michigan State.

Apr 13, 2018 at 4:00 PM
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, after the Annual Friends of Ireland luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 15, 2018.
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United States government

Ryan bows out: 'I have given this job everything I have'

Claiming he's accomplished a "heckuva lot," House Speaker Paul Ryan announced Wednesday he will not run for re-election and will retire next year, injecting another layer of uncertainty as Republicans face worries over losing their majority in the fall.

Apr 11, 2018 at 12:37 PM
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Decision 2018

Women file to run for US House seats in record numbers

The number of women running for the U.S. House of Representatives set a record Thursday, most of them Democrats motivated by angst over President Donald Trump and policies of the Republican-controlled Congress.

Apr 8, 2018 at 4:00 PM
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, right, stands with Netherlands Ambassador Pete Hoekstra, center, and former Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, left.
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Politics

Huizenga concludes delegation visit to Netherlands

The bipartisan trip was purposed to highlight and further strengthen the relationship between the United States and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Apr 4, 2018 at 1:00 PM
Sol Flores, executive director of La Casa Norte, poses Jan. 7, 2015, for a portrait in the donated clothing closet of the Humboldt Park nonprofit that helps struggling families in Chicago.
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Female candidates stress gender, motherhood

Women running for governor in Wisconsin and Maryland breastfeed their infants in their campaign videos. Another in Georgia tells voters that "the folks who have held the office of governor don't look like me."

Mar 29, 2018 at 4:00 PM
Nichol Stack pens a message on a large sign at Central Park on Saturday, March 24, 2018.
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March for Our Lives

A sign of change?

Dozens of hand-made signs were on display in Grand Haven’s Central Park Saturday afternoon as part of a local March for Our Lives rally.

Mar 26, 2018 at 8:00 AM
The Walther booth in the Shooting Sports Hall of the National Rifle Association's Great American Outdoors Show in Harrisburg, Pa., displays a large photo of their new handgun, the Creed, on Feb. 6, 2017.
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Gun Laws

AP-NORC Poll: Support soars for stricter gun control laws

Support for tougher gun control laws is soaring in the United States, according to a new poll that found a majority of gun owners and half of Republicans favor new laws to address gun violence in the weeks after a Florida school shooting.

Mar 25, 2018 at 12:00 PM
State Rep. Jim Lilly, R-Park Township, launched the bipartisan MI Future Caucus in Lansing on March 15.
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Politics

Rep. Lilly to co-chair bipartisan MI Future Caucus

LANSING — State Rep. Jim Lilly, R-Park Township, last week launched the bipartisan MI Future Caucus, a caucus made up of 50 legislators younger than 40.

Mar 23, 2018 at 5:00 PM
Gov. Rick Snyder announces the signing of legislation to raise Michigan's personal income tax exemption on Feb. 28, 2018. To his left are state Sen. Arlan Meekhof, R-West Olive, and Lt. Gov. Brian Calley.
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Decision 2018

Michigan gubernatorial candidates release tax returns

LANSING — Three more Michigan gubernatorial candidates have voluntarily released portions of their tax returns, saying the public deserves to know the information even though the state does not require candidates to disclose it.

Mar 14, 2018 at 5:30 PM
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a news conference in Cairo, Egypt, on Feb. 12, 2018. President Trump fired Tillerson and is replacing him with Mike Pompeo.
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Pres. Trump

Trump fires Tillerson at State, replacing with CIA's Pompeo

President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday and said he would nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him, ending Tillerson's difficult tenure by tweeting an ouster that had been long expected and yet was shocking in its abruptness.

Mar 13, 2018 at 11:33 AM
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Decision 2018

Huizenga to seek re-election to Congress

Bill Huizenga, 49, was first elected in 2010 to represent the Michigan 2nd Congressional District, which includes Ottawa County.

Mar 6, 2018 at 6:13 PM
President Donald Trump meets with students, parents and teachers affected by mass shootings in Parkland, Florida; Newtown, Connecticut; and Columbine, Colorado, at the White House on Wednesday to search for policies to keep America's schools safe.
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School Shootings

Students stage walkouts to protest gun violence

Spring Lake man organizes statewide rally in Lansing today.

Feb 22, 2018 at 8:00 AM
Residents can get a hands-on demonstration of the county's new voting machines during a League of Women Voters presentation at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, at Loutit District Library.
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Elections

Get familiar with Ottawa County's new voting machines

The League of Women Voters hopes to get more people accustomed to the new voting machines that will be in place during this year’s elections.

Feb 5, 2018 at 1:00 PM
Locator map of Amtrak crash in Virginia that kills one.
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Train Crash

Rep. Huizenga unhurt in Amtrak train crash

WASHINGTON (AP) — Six Michigan House Republican lawmakers were on an Amtrak train that collided with a garbage truck Wednesday while they were en route to a Republican retreat.

Jan 31, 2018 at 3:35 PM