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Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, the Democratic nominee for governor, arrived at Zingerman’s Roadhouse as part of her four-day Driving Down Costs bus tour Thursday afternoon. The tour aims to connect Benson with small businesses and voters throughout the state as she wraps up the final weeks of her campaign against Rep. John James, R-Mich., […] The post Jo
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After months of conflict between Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education and the Department of Justice, during an Oct. 7 meeting, AAPS has agreed to a 90 day standstill agreement over the district’s transgender student policies. The board approved the pause in federal enforcement actions while district leaders and legal counsel review Policy 5011, […] Th
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Jocelyn Benson has served as Michigan’s secretary of state for the last seven years, managing the state’s elections and driver’s licenses. Now, she looks to take the next step in her political career as she runs to replace Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as the state’s governor against U.S. Rep. John James, R-Mich. Her platform mainly centers […] The post Gubernatoria
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Design it For Us, a youth-led organization dedicated to disrupting Big Tech, hosted an expert panel at the Ann Arbor District Library Thursday evening to discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on learning, thinking and research. The panel, featuring Joy Rohde, associate public policy professor, and philosophy professor Peter Railton, began by addressi
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More than 70 audience members gathered inside the Rackham Amphitheatre Monday afternoon to listen to “Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and the Future of Democracy.” The event featured journalist Peter Beinart, who has published several articles and books on Judaism, Zionism and Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza — a conflict that has killed more than 75,
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Michigan voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to approve Proposal 2 — also known as the Michiganders for Money Out of Politics Initiative — a citizen-led proposal seeking to limit corporate influence in politics. If passed, the proposal would ban utility companies, contractors who receive more than $250,000 annually from the government and organizations or […]
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With the Nov. 3 midterm election less than two weeks away, U.S. Senate candidates Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers faced off for their second debate Wednesday evening. The debate was hosted by WXYZ Channel 7, 12 days after the two first faced off. El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee, is running on a platform focused on keeping […] The post El-Sayed and Rogers cla
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The U.S. Department of Justice sent letters to seven Michigan municipalities on Wednesday informing them that DOJ monitors will be present at polling places during the upcoming Nov. 3 midterm election day. Detroit, East Lansing, Flint, Grand Rapids, Hamtramck, Lansing and Warren all received letters. Michigan law requires DOJ election monitors to follow the
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The Ford School of Public Policy’s Weiser Diplomacy Center hosted four ambassadors Wednesday evening to discuss U.S. strategic interests in the Indian subcontinent. Mediated by Ronald E. Neumann, a former U.S. diplomat, the panelists — former U.S. ambassadors Robert Blake, Robin Raphel and Gerald Feierstein — spoke about their work in South Asia and the […]
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Editor’s Note: Lara Ringey, UMMA site manager, is a former Daily staffer. She did not contribute to the writing or editing of this article. Many first time voters filter in and out of the University of Michigan Museum of Art each afternoon to cast their ballots. Starting Oct. 21, Ann Arbor residents — or any […] The post Early voting begins at UMMA Campus Vo
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