President Biden speaks to supporters at Renaissance High School on Friday in Detroit. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption
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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer shares her leadership philosophy in her new book, True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between. Simon and Schuster hide caption
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has 'complete confidence' in Biden’s candidacy
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Freeland, Mich., on Wednesday. A pair of rallies in the pivotal states of Wisconsin and Michigan are his first campaign trail appearances since his trial in New York over alleged campaign finance violations started. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
Members of the Sycamore Creek Church congregation bow their heads and pray over Justice League of Greater Lansing leaders, Willye Bryan and Prince Solace, as they hold a large check. Sophia Saliby/WKAR hide caption
A Michigan grassroots effort is raising reparations, while the government lags
Eric Portenga and Kevin O'Neill with daughters Sylvie, Robin and Parker O'Neill celebrating the girls' second birthday in September 2023. The babies' surrogate lived in Ohio because of Michigan's laws, which are changing now. The Portenga-O'Neill family hide caption
As Michigan legalizes surrogacy, here's how families found ways around the ban
President Biden talks with supporters during a campaign event in Saginaw, Mich., on March 14. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
In this combination of photos, President Joe Biden, left, speaks on Aug. 10, 2023, in Salt Lake City, and former President Donald Trump speaks on June 13, 2023, in Bedminster, N.J. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Georgia and Michigan could be key to keeping Black voter turnout up in 2024
Placards adorn a wall at an Uncommitted Minnesota watch party during the presidential primary in Minneapolis on Super Tuesday. Stephen Maturen/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Richmond, Va. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
Joe Biden answers questions while leaving the White House on January 30. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Left to right: Ka'Marr Coleman-Byrd, Deasia Sampson and Shelly Zissler, some of the undecided voters Morning Edition spoke to in the Detroit area. Elaine Cromie for NPR hide caption
State Representative Abraham Aiyash speaks at a "Vote Uncommitted" rally on Feb. 25, 2024 in Hamtramck, Mich. Sylvia Jarrus for NPR hide caption
On primary day, young Michigan voters are leading call to be 'uncommitted' to Biden
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says lessons from 2020 are informing election officials' priorities and preparations for the general election in November. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
Michigan's elections chief wants to protect voters, poll workers and democracy itself
Tim Lillard at the home he and his late wife, Ann Picha-Lillard, shared in suburban southeast Michigan. Since her death in 2022, Lillard has made it his mission to pass the Safe Patient Care Act, which would create mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios in Michigan hospitals. Beth Weiler/Michigan Public hide caption
After his wife died, he joined nurses to push for new staffing rules in hospitals
Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud is increasing police presence in the city in response to reports of increased Islamophobic rhetoric after a Wall Street Journal opinion piece. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
Biden's campaign manager Julie Chávez Rodriguez speaks on Nov. 7, 2023. Chávez Rodriguez was in Michigan on Friday where some Arab American leaders declined to meet her because of the Gaza conflict. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption
The Georgia State Capitol was among several state legislatures evacuated Wednesday following bomb threats. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Police block the area near the scene where Samantha Woll was found dead outside her Detroit home on October 21. Sarah Rice/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Ethan Crumbley stands with his attorneys Paulette Loftin (left) and Amy Hopp during his senencing hearing in Pontiac, Mich. Parents of students killed at Michigan's Oxford High School described the anguish of losing their children Friday as a judge considered whether Crumbley would serve a life sentence for the 2021 mass shooting. Carlos Osorio/AP hide caption
Michigan high school shooter sentenced to Life in Prison without Parole
Pins are pictured at a display counter during a cultural meeting at the Comanche Nation fairgrounds in Lawton, Okla., on Sept. 30. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sometimes overlooked by campaigns, Native voters could decide major elections in 2024
A large, pro-Palestinian protest in downtown Detroit called for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war as protesters decried President Biden's response. Don Gonyea/NPR hide caption
In Michigan, where every vote counts, Arab Americans are turning away from Biden
Robert Wayne Lee — known as "Boopac Shakur" — would pose as a teenage girl online to lure and expose alleged pedophiles. Lee was shot and killed Sept. 29 in the Pontiac, Mich. area. A GoFundMe has been created to help the family with funeral expenses. GoFundMe hide caption
Ghassan Zeineddine, author of the short story collection, Dearborn. Austin Thomason/UM Photography hide caption
Arab American stories interconnect in the new collection, 'Dearborn'
Owen Burns, center, holds up the slingshot he used to fend off a boy who was attacking his sister earlier this month. Screenshot by NPR hide caption