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Stubborn wildfires continue to burn in the Upper Peninsula

By: Steve Carmody

Dozens of firefighters have spent the weekend using hand tools, water pumps and leaf blowers to battle three different wildfires in the Upper Peninsula.

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Party leaders focus on getting Michiganders to vote in the final weeks of the Midterm election

By: Steve Carmody

With little more than two weeks to go before Election Day, Republican and Democratic Party leaders are ramping up their Get-Out-The-Vote campaigns.

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With two weeks to go, candidates in Michigan's 8th Congressional District outline their priorities

By: Steve Carmody

There are just two weeks remaining before the November general election , and candidates are stumping to get their closing messages to voters

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Democratic and Republican candidates for Michigan secretary of state spar over election integrity

By: Steve Carmody

For the first time in eight years, Michiganders will choose a new person to lead Michigan's Secretary of State's office.

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Shelter-in-place order lifted in Toledo after chemical spill prompts evacuations

By: Steve Carmody, Brett Dahlberg

Officials in Toledo, Ohio, lifted a shelter-in-place order that had advised around 50,000 people to stay indoors Wednesday after a toxic chemical release sent a plume into the sky over the city just south of the Michigan border.

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Nearly one million Michiganders have already voted more than a week before election day

By: Steve Carmody

Michigan's 2026 election is closing in on a milestone. 986,189, or 13.3% of active registered Michigan voters have already cast ballots, according to the Michigan Secretary of State office.

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Michigan gas prices edge closer to record territory one week before 2026 election

By: Steve Carmody

Michigan gas prices are once again edging toward record territory a week before Election Day.

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Michigan candidates make final push one week before midterm election

By: Steve Carmody

Candidates are hustling across Michigan to get votes in the final week before the November midterm election

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Supporters and opponents of dam sale plan waiting for the Michigan Public Service Commission decision

By: Steve Carmody

In the coming days, the Michigan Public Service Commission may decide whether to approve Consumer Energy's plan to sell 13 dams to an out-of-state private equity firm

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Economic news won't sway election voters, University of Michigan consumer expert says

By: Steve Carmody

The director of the University of Michigan's influential consumers survey does not expect any economic news this week will sway voters in next week's election.