By Jon King | Editor-in-Chief
Quoted and Noted
“We as House Democrats will decisively act to protect the American people.”
- U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries arguing at a community forum in Macomb County that Congress must take a more aggressive approach to regulating AI.
A test ballot is submitted to a precinct tabulator in the Lansing Elections Office prior to the August primary. July 20, 2026. (Photo by Katherine Dailey/Michigan Advance)
By Katherine Dailey
With just over two weeks until the Nov. 3 general election, anxieties over federal interference on Election Day, as well as fears about the security of casting a ballot in the first place, are ever-present in conversations about election integrity in Michigan.
The candidates, the ballot measures, and the tools you need to cast your vote, brought to you by the reporting of Michigan Advance.
Former special victims prosecutor and Democratic Congressional candidate Christina Hines and U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) at a roundtable in Eastpointe on Oct. 17, 2026. (Photo by Kyle Davidson/Michigan Advance)
By Kyle Davidson
During a roundtable in Eastpointe on Saturday, U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries argued that Congress must take a more aggressive approach to regulating AI as multiple panelists raised concerns about how artificial intelligence will affect American workers and the economy.
Michigan Economic Development Corporation in Lansing. | Photo by Jon King/Michigan Advance
COMMENTARY
By Rick Haglund
Regardless of who wins the Michigan governor’s race next month, the state’s approach to economic development is likely to undergo sweeping change.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
On this date in 2003, what did Kirk Jones of Canton Township became the first known person to do?
Let us know @michiganadvance on Bluesky and check back in later today for the answer.
Monday's answer: Future U.S. President George H. W. Bush, who served as captain of the Yale baseball team, played in the inaugural College World Series in 1947 hosted at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo.
Source: https://go.wmich.edu/s/article/WMU-Trivia
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