What Kalamazoo (Yes, Kalamazoo) Reveals About the Nation’s Housing Crisis
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What Kalamazoo (Yes, Kalamazoo) Reveals About the Nation’s Housing Crisis

A decade ago, the city — and all of Michigan — had too many houses. Now it has a shortage. The shift there explains today’s costly housing market in the rest of the country.
Elections Officials Battle a Deluge of Disinformation
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Elections Officials Battle a Deluge of Disinformation

County clerks and secretaries of state are overwhelmed this year, as they stare down a “perpetual moving target” of new conspiracy theories, political pressure and threats.
Michigan Supreme Court Ruling to Raise Minimum Wage in the State
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Michigan Supreme Court Ruling to Raise Minimum Wage in the State

The ruling, raising the minimum wage and phasing out a lower wage for tipped workers, said legislators had acted improperly in dodging a referendum.