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After a $16 billion Stargate AI data center was built despite being voted down, Michigan towns rush to block new buildouts — massive facility will suck 1.4 Gigawatts of energy to power ChatGPT

Backlash now covers county resolutions, bipartisan state legislation, and a regional water authority refusing to serve proposed facilities.

Tom’s Hardware

A Michigan farm town voted down plans for a giant OpenAI-Oracle data center. Weeks later, construction began

The AI boom is coming for rural America. Inside one town's effort to fight back

Fortune

Michigan’s latest dam safety crisis revives calls for reforms, funding

Michigan leaders are vowing action on dam safety reforms after the latest dam failure crisis

The Independent UK

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Lewd messages linked to University of Michigan regent who led campaign against pro-Palestinian students

Jordan Acker, who pushed legal action against protesters, is running for re-election in race reflecting tensions on Israel

The Guardian - US

Who Is Gretchen Whitmer? VP Pick Biden Reportedly Wanted Before 'Choosing' Kamala Harris

A recent account suggests Joe Biden initially preferred Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer as his 2020 running mate over Kamala Harris, highlighting political dynamics and Whitmer's rising profile.

International Business Times UK

‘She was ready to say yes...’: Joe Biden ‘wanted’ someone other than Kamala Harris for US VP pick in 2020, claims report

Former US President Joe Biden preferred Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer as his running mate in 2020 but ultimately “had to choose” Kamala Harris, according to a report cited by The Atlantic.

The Times of India

Residents near Michigan dam urged to prepare for evacuation as more rain is forecast

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency for the area Friday as crews began installing additional pumps and 1,500 sandbags to divert the rising current

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Michigan betting that space is next frontier to create jobs

Michigan is playing a key role in the US space industry, contributing to the Artemis II rocket mission

The Independent UK

Michigan kids in mental health crisis sent out of state as facilities close

Many Michigan teens in severe mental health crises are sent far from home for treatment due to a lack of local resources

The Independent UK

Some Dems' 2028 strategy: a straight, white, Christian man

Some top Dems fret that parts of the electorate won't support a woman or non-white man for president.

Axios

‘I don’t give a shit about Iran. I don’t want to pay higher gas’: Motor City motorists feel pinch as gas prices surge

Drivers in Detroit are unhappy with the spike in gas prices, even if reactions are mixed to the US-Israel war on Iran

The Guardian - US

At least eight people dead after spate of tornadoes across central US

Eighteen tornadoes between Thursday and Saturday resulted in deaths in towns from Michigan to Oklahoma

The Guardian - US

After years of legal wrangling, Enbridge begins rerouting pipeline around Wisconsin reservation

After years of legal wrangling, energy company Enbridge has finally started rerouting an aging oil pipeline around a tribal reservation in northern Wisconsin

The Independent UK

Retail group says it’s time for Michigan to ditch ‘Bottle Bill’ recycling program

The system, where consumers get a dime for every bottle or can they return, hasn’t been updated for decades - but it’s baked into the state’s constitution so will be difficult to change

The Independent UK

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The Conversation

Supreme Court’s Michigan pipeline case is about Native rights and fossil fuels, not just technical legal procedure

What began as a straightforward question from one water-quality advocate has morphed into a high-stakes battle over an oil pipeline at the highest levels of the U.S. government – with implications that go far beyond the fate of a technical legal conflict.

The Independent UK

Trump bizarrely claims China will ‘terminate all ice hockey in Canada’ in threat to block new border bridge

The president accused Canada’s new Gordie Howe International Bridge of doing ‘absolutely nothing’ for America — despite having endorsed it in his first term

Roll Call

At the Races: Ready for Madam President?

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including campaign announcements and redistricting.

The Guardian - US

‘A perfect, wild storm’: widely loathed datacenters see little US political opposition

Issue dubbed ‘great unifier’ but Republicans and Democrats are instead jockeying for big tech’s financial favor

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The Guardian - US

Michigan loophole makes it difficult to track utilities’ donations to politicians

Revelation comes as a first-in-the-nation citizen’s ballot initiative to ban donations by utilities picks up steam

Axios

Democrats' divide over AI frames a debate for 2028

Two main arguments on AI are now playing out within the Democratic Party.

The Guardian - US

‘Uniquely evil’: Michigan residents fight against huge datacenter backed by top tycoons

Locals band together in David v Goliath fight against facility they say would jack up bills, increase pollution and destroy area’s character

The Independent UK

Federal judge blocks Whitmer from shutting down submerged Great Lakes pipeline

A federal judge has blocked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from revoking an easement that allows Enbridge to run an oil pipeline through a Great Lakes channel

Benzinga

Michigan's Governor Just Revealed A $27 Billion Pension Problem—And 87% Of CEOs Think the Economy Will Only Get Worse

Laying bare the structural challenges facing Michigan's economy – from a massive unfunded pension liability to rising CEO pessimism over the state's manufacturing future – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sat down for an unusually transparent financial review on YouTuber Caleb Hammer's "Financial Audit" show on Nov. 3.

Axios

Ambivalence or Strategy? Whitmer retreats from 2028 spotlight

Whitmer, who many Democrats have seen as a top-tier presidential candidate, appears to have done little to raise her national profile since last spring.

The Independent UK

US Army Corps of Engineers approves Enbridge plan to encase aging Great Lakes oil pipeline

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved energy company Enbridge's plan to encase a segment of an aging oil pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel

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