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Confused, she called the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) and asked if the bill was a mistake. It was not.

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Confused, she called the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) and asked if the bill was a mistake. It was not.

Kersha Deibel, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio chief executive officer, attended the effort.
The commission’s decision follows public frustration spurred by multiple large-scale, lengthy power outages caused by severe storms.
On whether she supported Prop 1 in 2018, Dixon first asked what the proposal concerned, and then said, “No, I voted no.”
“I’m pro-life from conception to natural death and that’s the reason I got into politics is to fight against abortion,” said Karamo.
“We are going to make sure there is equity in this process for Detroiters,” said Mayor Mike Duggan.
Dana Nessel and 21 other state attorneys general filed an amicus brief to ensure that patients can travel outside Texas to seek an abortion.
He said that a “false choice” was being presented between parental responsibility and the freedom to learn.
The pushback from Republicans at a hearing last week came as the Biden administration has tried to make investments in climate change.
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U.S. lawmakers added the funding to a short-term spending bill that must pass before the current law lapses Friday at midnight.
Trump Jr. also joined in. Like Dixon, he referenced the far-right conspiracy theory that the FBI was behind the plot.
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In 2000, Shawn Fearon traveled 1,961 miles from his home in Jamaica to Mackinac Island to work in the tourism industry.
“I am not an attorney, but I struggle to see how [this provision] can be reconciled with the above constitutional provisions,” Johnson said.
Defense attorneys for Adam Fox, 39, and Barry Croft Jr., 46, rested their case Friday after nine days of testimony.
After polls had closed the night of Nov. 3, 2020, Benson held an Election Day press conference at Ford Field in Detroit.
“I will take these next few days and talk it over with Jennifer and the kids and stay in prayer,” said Soldano.
About 6,200 nurses at the University of Michigan's hospital in Ann Arbor will vote later this month on whether or not to authorize a strike.