Arjun Thakkar
Politics & Civics Reporter, WKARArjun Thakkar is WKAR's politics and civics reporter.
He previously reported at the Detroit Free Press and Bridge Michigan. Arjun is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a degree in history.
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Following the mass shooting on the campus of Michigan State University last week, a group of educators and advocates is demanding state lawmakers pass laws to combat gun violence.Students and activists with the group March for Our Lives stood behind speakers at a Monday press conference in support of gun safety legislation.
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Classes are resuming Monday at Michigan State University, where a gunman killed three students and hospitalized five less than a week ago.Officials with MSU said they’re offering free counseling resources to all students and staff and increasing the presence of police officers on campus.
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A gunman shot and killed three people and injured five others on the campus of Michigan State University Monday night before fatally shooting himself, police said.
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A gunman shot and killed three people and injured five others on the campus of Michigan State University Monday night before fatally shooting himself, police said.
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MSU Police and Public Safety reported shots were fired near Berkey Hall on campus Monday night.
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Sparrow Health System in Lansing is joining Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan hospital system, to form a new statewide healthcare operation.
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A Catholic church in St. Johns within the Diocese of Lansing is suing Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Michigan Department of Civil Rights over recent changes to the state’s civil rights laws.A ruling from the Michigan Supreme Court this summer said that members of the LGBTQ community are protected from discrimination by the state’s civil rights laws. The Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, and the justices concluded in a 5-2 decision that the law also applies to sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Democratic Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin is hosting Rep. Liz Cheney in East Lansing Tuesday evening to make one of her final campaign stops for voters in Michigan’s new seventh district.
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A new law in Michigan allowing certain municipalities to begin processing absentee ballots early could give some clerks a helping hand. That’s as the state reports over 1.8 million Michigan voters have requested absentee ballots for the midterms.The law gives clerks’ offices in municipalities with more than 10,000 residents permission to start processing absentee ballots the Sunday and Monday before the general election. They can open all absentee envelopes and verify ballot numbers to eliminate tasks for Election Day.
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Michigan State University Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Monday to appoint Provost Teresa Woodruff as the school’s interim president.