By Ben Solis | Senior Reporter
Quoted and Noted
“It is a step towards change, but it’s not going to happen in any one cycle. Our system is set up in many ways for this kind of slow, steady progress.”
- Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, on a record number of women running for state legislative seats this November.
A voter exiting the poll at the Louis Pasteur School in Detroit on Nov. 8, 2022 (Photo by Ken Coleman/Michigan Advance)
By Kyle Davidson
After sending federal monitors to three Michigan cities for the primary election, the U.S. Department of Justice will once again send monitors to observe elections on Nov. 3, according to state officials.
The candidates, the ballot measures, and the tools you need to cast your vote, brought to you by the reporting of Michigan Advance.
Construction underway on Related Digital’s hyperscale data center in Saline Township, Michigan. June 20, 2026. (Photo by Jon King/Michigan Advance)
By Kyle Davidson
Under development by ChatGPT creator OpenAI, along with Oracle and Related Digital, the 2.2-million-square-foot facility has served as the epicenter for backlash against data center development in Michigan.
Members of the Colorado House of Representatives work on the floor during session in May 2022. Colorado has among the nation’s highest rates of women serving in the state legislature. (Pema Baldwin for Colorado Newsline)
By Kevin Hardy - Stateline
Across the 46 states with legislative seats on the ballot, a total of 3,824 women are running — up from 2022’s previous record of 3,621 women candidates, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. Women make up 35.5% of all state legislative candidates this cycle.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
What comedian, who hit peak fame in the 80s & 90s, was born David Adkins in Benton Harbor??
Let us know @michiganadvance on Bluesky and check back in later today for the answer.
Thursday's answer: On Oct. 22, 1955, Michigan’s first official historical marker was dedicated on the campus of Michigan State University. It commemorated the founding of the nation’s first state-supported agricultural college.
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