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Chad Livengood
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Politics Editor & Columnist at The Detroit News [email protected] https://www.detroitnews.com/staff/9891415002/chad-livengood/
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · Jul 9
SCOOP: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed $15M for grant program championed by campaign donor Fay Beydoun

Beydoun’s grant, which ballooned to $20M, is now the subject of a criminal probe by AG ⁦‪‬⁩Dana Nessel

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed $15M for grant program championed by donor Fay Beydoun
The origins of a lucrative taxpayer grant for a Metro Detroit businesswoman trace back to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration, state records show.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 5h
*2024, not ‘14.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 9h
Detroit Metro Airport authority asks TSA to stop Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for federal government shutdown

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Detroit Metro Airport authority asks TSA to stop Noem video on shutdown impact
Metro Airport operator says it asked TSA to stop playing a message from Noem. 'We are concerned it is creating a negative customer experience.'
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 10h
NEW: ⁦‪Rep. Haley Stevens‬⁩ leads Michigan U.S. Senate contenders with quarterly fundraising haul

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Stevens leads Michigan U.S. Senate contenders with quarterly fundraising haul
Thirteen months out from the midterm election, the candidates for U.S. Senate in Michigan raised similar totals to compete for the open seat.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 11h
NEW: Michigan's new state budget is larger than it appeared — and politicians portrayed it, ⁦Citizens Research Council report finds

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Michigan's new budget is larger than it appeared, report finds
The Citizens Research Council of Michigan's analysis highlighted "a huge and atypical shift in appropriations," within the new budget.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 12h
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan lost $1.44B in 2014 — about $4M a day — and $1.35B in the prior 3 years.

Now the bill is coming due for its customers.

My story w/ interviews with Blue Cross execs on what’s driving up deficits (and premiums):

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Blue Cross executives point fingers at Michigan hospitals as insurance premiums skyrocket
After sustaining a $1.4 billion loss in 2024, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's customers are seeing double-digit increases in premiums.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 1d
Pretty close enough. Gotta use the track that runs behind the station and into the tunnel to get to Ontario.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 1d
TRAIN GEEK NEWS:

The original idea of Detroit's train station is back.

Trains at the train station.

Before the end of this decade.

Maybe.

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Michigan Central transit center plan calls for Amtrak service as soon as 2029
The proposed rail service would connect Detroit, Windsor and Chicago.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 1d
ICYMI: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Michigan Economic Development Corp. have reached a deal over documents seized during the mid-June raid of a state office building

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Nessel, MEDC reach deal over documents seized during June raid of state office building
The two state agencies reached the agreement on the eve of a planned court hearing in Oakland County Circuit Court.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 1d
Stellantis CEO: $13B capital investment over four years to boost production shows 'we trust our U.S. plants'

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Stellantis CEO: $13B investment to boost production shows 'we trust our U.S. plants'
The automaker says it will add more than 5,000 jobs at plants in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana and five new models.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 2d
Opening of Gordie Howe Bridge delayed until 2026

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Opening of Gordie Howe Bridge delayed until 2026
Delay due to ongoing construction and testing of the various facilities of the $5.7B project
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 2d
Great reporting here from Frank Donnelly in The Detroit News on why a veterinarian from Michigan's Thumb kidnapped a Grand Rapids homeless man's dog — and then refused to give it back.

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Michigan veterinarian dognapped a homeless man's pet in legal vs. moral case
A veterinarian from Michigan's Thumb was tried for taking and refusing to return a dog that belonged to a Grand Rapids homeless man for 13 years.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 2d
Mitt Romney’s sister-in-law dead after possible fall or jump from parking structure in California, authorities say

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Mitt Romney’s sister-in-law dead after possible fall or jump from parking structure, authorities say
Investigators are speculating that the 64-year-old Valencia, California, resident fell or jumped from a five-story parking structure.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 4d
How Bill Pulte learned the art of the attack, from his own family to New York Attorney General Letitia James and Fed governor Lisa Cook

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How Bill Pulte learned the art of the attack, from his own family to Letitia James
Before Bill Pulte started targeting Trump’s political enemies, he practiced on his own family.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 6d
GM sign installed on downtown Hudson's Detroit building that will become the automaker's new headquaters in the coming months

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GM sign installed on downtown Hudson's Detroit building
GM will move its global headquarters from the nearby Renaissance Center to the site of the former J.L. Hudson department store next year.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 6d
NEW: Matt DePerno fights release of text messages in 2020 Michigan election tabulator case

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Matt DePerno fights release of text messages in 2020 Michigan election tabulator case
Text messages, involving the push to explore 2020 voter fraud theories in Michigan, are now center stage in the court case against Matt DePerno.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 6d
LEDE: "A Macomb County Corrections deputy was arraigned Thursday after authorities said he beat an inmate so badly that the person needed a head scan and stitches."

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Corrections deputy accused of assaulting inmate at Macomb County Jail
Authorities said the inmate required stitches and a head scan.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 7d
Prosecutors begin laying out evidence in high-profile tabulator tampering cases against former Attorney General candidate Matt DePerno and ex-Rep. Daire Rendon

New reporting from @craigmauger.bsky.social in Royal Oak:

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Prosecutors begin laying out evidence in high-profile tabulator cases
“We determined that they had been tampered with so we would not allow them to go back into service," an executive with a voting company testified.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 7d
Hudson's Detroit opens office building with a 7-story atrium, lots of amenities attached to Dan Gilbert's new skyscraper

Photo gallery from @detroitnews.com photographer extraordinaire @katykildee.bsky.social:

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Hudson's Detroit opens office building with a 7-story atrium, lots of amenities
Tour highlights building's amenity spaces, including a tenant lounge and pickleball court, offering a closer look at progress inside the development.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 8d
New state law exempting Michigan income tax on tips, when paired with the federal law, should save tipped workers $1,500 annually, @GovWhitmer says.

"That's a big deal for people who are working hard every single day," she said today.

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New state law exempts Michigan income tax on tips, overtime, Social Security income
Eliminating state income taxes on tips, overtime and Social Security was a priority for House Republicans in the recent budget negotiations.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 8d
What the federal government shutdown means for jobs, air travel, food stamps in Michigan

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What the government shutdown means for jobs, air travel, food stamps in Michigan
Michigan residents will feel the pinch of a prolonged shutdown of the U.S. government, with funding running out for programs in the coming days.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 8d
Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, the matriarch of a Detroit political family whose power was dimmed by her son's corruption scandal, died Tuesday following a long illness, family and friends said. She was 80.

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Ex-Detroit congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick dead at 80
The mother of ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick served seven terms in Congress and nine terms in the Michigan House of Representatives.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 8d
BREAKING:

Lawsuit challenges new Michigan marijuana tax, would upend roads deal

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Lawsuit challenges new Michigan marijuana tax, would upend roads deal
The new tax, scheduled to take effect Jan. 1 in order to increase funding for roads, was at the center of a compromise that ended a budget standoff.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 9d
Live updates: Tigers vs. Mariners Game 3 start announced for 7 p.m.; TV gets shuffled

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Live updates: Tigers vs. Mariners Game 3 start announced for 7 p.m.; TV gets shuffled
Follow along here for live updates as the Tigers play host to the Mariners in Game 3 of the American League Division Series at Comerica Park.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 9d
I'm looking for Michigan residents who buy insurance in the individual market (marketplace, Obamacare, whatever you wanna call it).

DM or email me at [email protected] if you're willing to be interviewed.
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Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social · 9d
Live updates: Tigers vs. Mariners Game 3 start delayed by rain

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Live updates: Tigers vs. Mariners Game 3 start delayed by rain
Follow along here for live updates as the Tigers play host to the Mariners in Game 3 of the American League Division Series at Comerica Park.
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