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"You know me, I'd rather just get arrested," the MEDC's chief general counsel said at one point during a June 18 raid, according to court records. "I would, I don't care. This is ridiculous. And Matt Payok from the AG's office is going to pay for this." detroitnews.com/story/news/pol…

Tudor Dixon will not run for U.S. Senate or for governor, the 2022 Republican gubernatorial nominee announced this afternoon. gongwer.com/news/update.cf…

The State Board of Canvassers voted to rescind the petition language of the Invest MI Kids ballot proposal due to language discrepancy after the public comment period on the language. Gongwer Michigan (State Affairs Michigan)

'Appalling': Michigan wildlife commissioner rips Ted Nugent's hunting testimony Story by Carol Thompson detroitnews.com/story/news/loc… via The Detroit News

MICHMASH: Zach Gorchow and Cheyna Roth talk to The Detroit News reporters Beth LeBlanc and Craig Mauger on the story they reported this week raising new questions about the origin of what became a $20 million earmark to a company run by Fay Beydoun.

AG Nessel and Rep. Carrie Rheingans are holding a roundtable in Ann Arbor on reproductive health with healthcare workers and advocates. Gongwer Michigan (State Affairs Michigan)

A wrongful death lawsuit against the State of Michigan has a significantly longer window to be filed than the usual six months allowed for any action alleging personal injury involving the state. (1/2)

MICHMASH: Co-hosts Alethia Kasben and Zach Gorchow discuss this week's news that Sandisk is pulling out of a potential deal to build a huge computer chips plant in Genesee County -- what it means for the state and the politics of the announcement.

Trump says he just spoke to Governor Gretchen Whitmer on winter storm relief

ICYMI: I asked Huizenga about another House run in #MI04 He said he made “no promises” "We had to get through this decision first. Natalie & I had agreed we were in on a Senate run. Now that I've been asked not to run for the Senate, well, we've got some other decisions to make”

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Major scoop here from Lily Catherine Guiney. Unexpected to find out at a Civil Rights Commission meeting that the State Budget Office is asking departments to draft revised budgets reflecting large cuts. But that's why we cover these things.

Speaking of stories only in Gongwer, this piece from Alethia Kasben on a House Fiscal Agency report that seems to have gone under the radar: gongwer.com/news/index.cfm… The OBBB will mean a $677M hit to the state General Fund for FY26. Significant impact to getting the budget done.

Happy fundraising Friday

Happy MichMash AND fundraising Friday

I just wrote out a campaign finance ~*hot take *~ but deleted it instead of posting. You're welcome.

I didn’t have Nesbitt and James tied in fundraising. But here we are.

Outstanding story from Elena Durnbaugh and Nick Smith. You've no doubt read many times only 6 bills have gotten to the gov's desk. Elena and Nick dig deeper into the *many* bills that have passed one chamber and are collecting dust in the other, even bipartisan ones.