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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is planning to urge lawmakers to pass legislation that would provide free community college tuition for all high school graduates. Whitmer established the Michigan Reconnect program

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer plans to urge state lawmakers to pass legislation that would provide free community college tuition for all high school graduates during her sixth State of the State speech on Wednesday.

As of August, 27,000 residents had enrolled in the program since its launch and at least 2,800 have earned a degree or certificate.

In a joint statement, the lawmakers invoked President Biden's 2020 pledge to abolish use of the federal death penalty.

Two Democratic state senators are in a kind of debate over how Oregon should come up with more money to fight wildfires and do more prevention.

Two Democratic state senators are in a kind of debate over how Oregon should come up with more money to fight wildfires and do more prevention.

On the Tuesday, Jan. 2 edition of Georgia Today: State republicans attempt to revive a prosecuting attorneys oversight commission; more fallout for Democrats over the new House district maps; and to help with your New Year's fitness resolutions, we talk with one of Peloton's most popular instructors. 

Two Democratic mayors said there's been a lack of coordination from the governor of Texas.

The secretaries of state in Maine and Colorado moved to boot former President Donald Trump off the ballot under the 14th Amendment.

This request from Democrats came after DPHHS presented numbers indicating that the redetermination process is winding down.