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QUOTE OF THE DAY

"I'd vote for a ficus plant over Donald TRUMP."

- Sen. Jeff IRWIN (D-Ann Arbor) on Off The Record this morning with Senior Capital Correspondent Tim SKUBICK.

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Some Universities Bail On Sexual Assault Summit Support
"When Gov. Rick SNYDER was in office, then-First Lady Sue SNYDER organized a yearly campus sexual assault summit, which was widely attended and widely supported financially by various universities around the state."
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Cancer Society Proposes Licenses For Tobacco Sellers
"The American Cancer Society is proposing the state license every shop that sells tobacco and that the state's tax on e-cigarettes mirror the tax on non-cigarette tobacco products, as part of suggested changes to the vaping package set for a Senate hearing next week."
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Whitsett Gets Primary Challenge
"The Detroit legislator who accused her Democratic Minority Leader with being "racist" earlier this week on Detroit radio is already facing a primary election from a local block club president who has worked with other Democratic legislators in the past."
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10-Time Election Winner Retires
"Judge Laura BAIRD was elected to the state House at a time when term limits were introduced and she remembers some unhappy long-term politicians."
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15 Michigan Counties Have Zero Psychiatrists
"Six Upper Peninsula counties and nine Lower Peninsula counties have no psychiatrists, according to Altarum, a nonprofit health research organization in Ann Arbor. Three U.P. counties and seven Lower Peninsula counties have neither psychiatrists nor psychologists"
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QUOTE OF THE DAY

"I'd vote for a ficus plant over Donald TRUMP."

- Sen. Jeff IRWIN (D-Ann Arbor) on Off The Record this morning with Senior Capital Correspondent Tim SKUBICK.



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