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Outside money is flooding Michigan’s Senate primary as the candidates campaign against it

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By Brad LaPlante 
| WLNS-TV (Lansing, MI)
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Outside groups are beginning to spend millions of dollars on behalf of all three Democrats running in Michigan’s U.S. Senate primary, becoming a test of how much undisclosed spending will shape the Aug. 4 primary. The spending has landed on every side of a primary that national Democrats consider one of the party’s most consequential of the 2026 cycle. The largest sums have flowed to U.S. Rep.
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Consumers Energy hosts news conference for weather updates Original

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By Brad LaPlante , Daylyn Huff 
| WLNS-TV (Lansing, MI)
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Consumers Energy said Wednesday it has staged nearly 500 crews across Michigan ahead of two rounds of severe weather expected to bring high winds, thunderstorms and possible hail and tornadoes through Friday morning. The utility outlined its storm response during a virtual news conference with reporters, warning that downed wires, flooding and overnight outages pose hazards to both customers and field workers.
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Michigan appeals court vacates terrorism conviction in Whitmer kidnapping case, citing flaw in state law Original

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By Brad LaPlante 
| WLNS-TV (Lansing, MI)
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A state appeals court Tuesday vacated the terrorism-related convictions of a Wolverine Watchmen member tied to the 2020 plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, ruling that kidnapping does not qualify as a “violent felony” under Michigan’s anti-terrorism law and ordering a new trial. The Michigan Court of Appeals threw out all three of Joseph Matthew Morrison’s convictions in its binding opinion. The ruling turns on a 2006 change to the state’s kidnapping statute.
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