
Arjun Thakkar
WKAR Politics and Civics ReporterArjun Thakkar is joining WKAR as a new politics and civics reporter after stints at the Detroit Free Press and Bridge Michigan. He’s also a recent graduate of the University of Michigan.
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The 7th Congressional seat is being vacated by Elissa Slotkin who is running for U.S. Senate. Republican Tom Barrett and Democrat Curtis Hertel, Jr. are running to represent the district.
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The last of five students hospitalized after being wounded in February's mass shooting at Michigan State University has been discharged.
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The student union at Michigan State University reopened Monday, nearly two months after a mass shooting on campus.
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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.
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Thousands gather to honor and mourn those lost in MSU mass shooting. Emotions are high and community leaders offer comfort, students call for action.
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The speech kept a celebratory nature as it was the first in-person gathering for the speech since 2020. It was also the first time Democrats controlled the governor’s office and both chambers of the Legislature in 40 years. A large part of Whitmer’s economics plan centered around taxes and education.
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A federal court ruled that cutting the swim and dive program put the university in violation of a federal law requiring equal athletic opportunities for men and women.
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Michigan Democrats chose their new House speaker and Senate majority leader on Thursday.
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Michigan State University President Samuel Stanley Jr. has announced that his last day leading MSU will be this Friday.