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Michigan Residents Voted to Get Corporate Money Out of Politics. Now Utilities Are Suing


Amid rising electricity costs, Michiganders decisively voted for a ballot proposition to curtail the ability of utilities to spend on elections—a move utilities say limits their freedom of speech.

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