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My undergraduate thesis attempted to do what this fantastic tool now has created beautifully — understanding how and when media, across the ideological spectrum, covers trans communities. It's so important, especially now, as reporters and editors to examine how we're reporting on trans folks.

Two Eaton County families have adoptions finalized at tearful Adoption Day ceremony • Michigan Advance Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court, judges and the members of two new Eaton County families all found themselves teary-eyed watching their adoptions finalized this week. Adoptions for three young ...

Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court, judges and the members of two new Eaton County families all found themselves teary-eyed watching their adoptions finalized this week. Boxes of tissues were placed throughout the room for that very reason.

Story by @kdailey.bsky.social

“Trans folks are real and we exist”: Michigan church leader heads Trans Day of Remembrance service • Michigan Advance “We remember and honor the memory of those transgender, nonbinary and gender non-conforming people who lost their lives to anti-trans violence,” Rev. Dr. Lawrence T. Richardson said in a virtual churc...

“We remember and honor the memory of those transgender, nonbinary and gender non-conforming people who lost their lives to anti-trans violence,” Rev. Dr. Lawrence T. Richardson said in a virtual church service celebrating Transgender Day of Remembrance on Thursday evening.

From @kdailey.bsky.social

Mike Rogers once denounced election denial of the 2020 election. Now, he’s surrounded by it. • Michigan Advance In the wake of the 2020 presidential election, former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, now a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, called for President Donald Trump to accept a peaceful transition of power and ...

In the wake of the 2020 presidential election, former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, now a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, condemned election denialism by President Trump and his allies. But as he heads into 2026, Rogers has surrounded himself with election deniers.

Story from @kdailey.bsky.social

Field shaping up in Michigan’s contested U.S. Senate race • Michigan Advance Updated 10:20 a.m. The battle for retiring U.S. Sen. Gary Peters’s seat in the upper chamber of Congress is gearing up to include at least one potentially messy primary on the Democratic Party side an...

We've also got a preview of the Senate race:
michiganadvance.com/2025/11/24/f...
And a gubernatorial preview coming soon!
We'll keep you updated as the races shape up throughout the next year.

Stevens’ Senate run, criticisms of Thanedar make way for competitive Dem primaries in metro Detroit • Michigan Advance The three Michigan U.S. House districts in metro Detroit that are reliably Democratic — the 11th, 12th, and 13th Congressional Districts — are expected to remain that way in the 2026 midterms, but two...

And the most competitive Democratic primaries in metro Detroit:
michiganadvance.com/2025/11/25/s...

Barrett’s seat a top target to flip in 2026, James’ gubernatorial bid opens opportunity • Michigan Advance Updated at 11 a.m. In the wake of the 2025 election, where Democrats swept seats from gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, to state legislature special elections in Mississippi, leaders on ...

Curious about the most competitive House races in Michigan in 2026? The Michigan Advance has a breakdown for you (spoiler: there's a lot of candidates!)

For the races expected to be the most competitive general elections: michiganadvance.com/2025/11/25/b...

After SNAP lapse, Michigan tribal officials and advocates reaffirm the need for food sovereignty • Michigan Advance Amid November’s honoring of Native American Heritage Month — a time when many communities reflect on the responsibilities embedded in ancestral teachings —Meredith Migizi, the executive director of in...

“If the roles are reversed and our people are not having treaty obligations met by the U.S., then why are we still participating in a system that harms us?” Meredith Migizi, the executive director of indigenous advocacy organization Miigwech, Inc., asked.

Story by @kdailey.bsky.social

‘The gales of November come early’: Michigan remembers the Edmund Fitzgerald, 50 years later • Michigan Advance Fifty years after the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, the 729-foot freighter that sank on Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975 on its way from Wisconsin to Detroit, memorials around Michigan and the ...

It's the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. I've had fun exploring a bit of why this shipwreck in particular has stuck in our memory, especially here in Michigan. michiganadvance.com/2025/11/10/i...

I checked in with Curtis Sliwa. He still doesn't care what you think. "Everybody loves Curtis," the failed Republican candidate said, despite mounting evidence to the contrary.

I checked in with Curtis Sliwa. He still doesn't care what you think.

"Everybody loves Curtis,” the failed Republican candidate told me a couple hours ago, despite mounting evidence to the contrary.

New @motherjones.com:

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Fair housing has been on the chopping block for the Trump administration since its early days. Here's a look into how last month's round of HUD layoffs might impact Michiganders, as well as some new statistics on what kinds of housing discrimination the state is seeing.

Michigan father with leukemia released from federal custody following judge's order • Michigan Advance Eight noncitizen Michigan residents must be released or at least granted bond hearings within seven days, ruled Brandy R. McMillion, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Michigan, in a case brou...

Eight noncitizen Michigan residents must be released or at least granted bond hearings within seven days, ruled Brandy R. McMillion, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Michigan, in a case brought by the ACLU of Michigan.

Story from @kdailey.bsky.social

Judge to let Lansing, property owners present evidence in lawsuit over homeless encampment • Michigan Advance Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, in a lawsuit where the city of Lansing is seeking to shut down a homeless encampment on the north side of the city, will allow the lawyer for defendant JAJ Property LLC, Step...

A judge, in a lawsuit where Lansing is seeking to shut down a homeless encampment on the north side of the city, will allow the lawyer for a defendant to present evidence that he claims the city pushed unhoused residents from other areas of the city onto the property.

From @kdailey.bsky.social

In the wake of the Michigan DHHS announcement yesterday that SNAP benefits would be paused in November, mothers like Symone Wilkes began to question how to weather this storm.

Food banks, advocates and lawmakers respond to the news in @michiganadvance.com. Read it below!

After nearly 3 million pounds of food aid cancelled, impacts across Michigan vary • Michigan Advance While Michigan food banks lost nearly 3 million pounds of food in cancelled deliveries through August 2025, the actual impact on the organizations varied widely.  In March, $500 million was cut in fun...

While Michigan food banks lost nearly 3 million pounds of food in cancelled deliveries through August 2025, the actual impact on the organizations varied widely.

Story from @kdailey.bsky.social

A recap of protests here in Lansing and across the state, including Detroit, Ann Arbor and Flint, from the @michiganadvance.com team.

michiganadvance.com/2025/10/18/d...

Chants of “Lock him up” and “Release the files” are breaking out among the crowd.

The Capitol lawn is now full of signs, flags, and cheering protestors.

Over a half hour before the official start, the crowds in Lansing are already here. Some very creative displays and signs are here! @michiganadvance.com @statesnewsroom.com

A young reporter discovers a mysterious trove of data that exposes a global surveillance empire In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.

In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.

This week, with our friends at @revealnews.org, we join 13 other news outlets to expose the secrets of a global surveillance empire.

No Kings protest coverage | News From The States

I'll be out with @bensolis1.bsky.social later today covering the No Kings protest here at the state capitol in Lansing. For updates from us and the rest of the @statesnewsroom.com network, check out our national live feed: www.newsfromthestates.com/live-feed/no...

Judges asked where to draw the line — if not at biological species — on who should get these rights. Lawyers argued autonomy of the chimps, citing research from the late Jane Goodall.

Spent this morning at the Michigan Hall of Justice (my first time there!) covering a novel case in the Court of Appeals on the habeas corpus rights of seven chimpanzees currently at a zoo on the Upper Peninsula. They're seeking an order to show cause, which would let the case be heard fully.

New Michigan school budget shifts more teacher pension costs to districts, prompting pushback • Michigan Advance As Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the state’s new education budget; she also made official a number of changes to the Michigan Public School Employees’ Retirement System, or MPSERS, which provides pensi...

Michigan's new school budget shifts more teacher pension costs onto local districts — prompting pushback from educators + advocates. Critics say it squeezes public schools, favors charters, and cuts into classroom funding.

Story from @kdailey.bsky.social

Hall lauds inclusion of GOP priorities of public safety, education, and roads in state budget • Michigan Advance Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) repeatedly criticized Democrats for what he called a lack of transparency and wasteful spending in the process of passing the state’s budget duri...

MI House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Twp) blamed last week’s budget crisis on Democrats, who he called “a very dishonest group of people”, ignoring the fact that the House GOP did not introduce their budget proposal until nearly two months after the statutory deadline.

By @kdailey.bsky.social

The state's budget is officially signed! And my story on GOP House Speaker Matt Hall's response is coming soon.

Legislature passes $21.3B school aid budget, securing school meals and increased student funds • Michigan Advance Updated at 11:43 a.m. The state Legislature delivered on promises to preserve free school meals and increased per pupil funding, after months of tough negotiations ended in lawmakers passing an eight-...

Check out our coverage from the late-night Capitol sessions:
1. michiganadvance.com/2025/10/03/l...
2. michiganadvance.com/2025/10/02/m...
3. michiganadvance.com/2025/10/03/2...

In case you were wondering... we did not leave by midnight. But a general omnibus budget bill, an education omnibus bill and a marijuana tax that was key to the governor's roads funding plan all passed in the early hours of the morning.