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Tudor Dixon wins Republican
primary for Michigan governor
Dixon will face off with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in the
Nov 8. general election
Tudor Dixon will face off against
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in the Nov. 8
general election, projected results for
Tuesday’s Michigan primary election
show. With 20% of precincts reporting
as of 9:45 P.M., Dixon received 41.5%
of the vote, followed by Kevin Rinke,
who received the next highest number
of votes.
Dixon,
a
businesswoman
and
conservative news anchor, gained media
attention following former President
Donald Trump’s endorsement of her
platform on July 29. This cemented
her position as the frontrunner among
the five GOP candidates just a few days
before the election. The DeVos family,
the Police Officers Association of
Michigan and the Michigan Chamber
of Commerce are among others who
have endorsed Dixon.
Dixon worked in sales at her father’s
steel company before pivoting to media
as a commentator on conservative
network Real America’s Voice, where
she made a number of controversial
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remarks toward people of Color.
Dixon also founded Lumen News, a
conservative morning news program
for students. Like the other candidates
on the Republican primary ballot,
Dixon has never held an elected office
position.
Bridge Michigan reported that
Dixon outraised the other four GOP
gubernatorial
candidates,
with
10 members of the DeVos family
collectively contributing over $70,000
to her campaign.
Dixon’s victory follows a turbulent
Republican gubernatorial race, with
several candidates being disqualified
for fraudulent nominating petitions and
fellow candidate Ryan Kelley’s arrest by
the FBI in June for his involvement in
the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Michigan voters will decide between
Dixon and incumbent Whitmer for
governor on Nov. 8. FiveThirtyEight’s
election
forecast
for
November’s
gubernatorial election shows Whitmer
being clearly favored to win over Dixon,
with Whitmer projected as the winner
95 times out of 100.
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Residents urged to stay
out of Huron River
following chemical spill
from Wixom Plant
Experts say there is no immediate threat to Ann
Arbor’s drinking water
The
Michigan
Department
of Health and Human Services
(MDHHS)
and
Department
of
Environment,
Great
Lakes,
and
Energy (EGLE) have advised all
people and pets in Washtenaw,
Monroe, Oakland, Livingston and
Wayne counties to avoid contact with
the Huron River water between North
Wixom Road in Oakland County
and Kensington Road in Livingston
County following a chemical spill in
the river.
Officials stressed that there is no
immediate threat to the community’s
drinking water and the situation is
being monitored closely. According to
time-of-travel modeling, it would take
several weeks for the contaminants to
reach the city’s water intakes.
Tribar Manufacturing, a Wixom
auto supplier plant, was responsible
for releasing industrial contamination
into the Huron River. This is the
second release that the plant has been
responsible for in the last four years.
The plant released hexavalent
chromium into the Wixom sewer
treatment system that flows into the
Huron River. Hexavalent chromium
is a harmful agent that can cause
adverse health conditions through
inhalation, ingestion or skin contact.
Research has linked the chromium
compounds in the contaminant to
lung cancer, asthma and bronchitis.
United States district judge
approves settlement in
sexual misconduct lawsuit,
establishes Coordinated
Community Response Team
The new body is intended to increase protection against sexual
misconduct in the U-M community
A
United
States
district
judge approved the settlement
reached between the University
of
Michigan
and
attorneys
representing
U-M
students
in
March.
The
settlement
involves
the
establishment
of
the
Coordinated
Community
Response Team (CCRT), which
is meant to increase protection
against sexual misconduct in the
U-M community.
Recent
university
alum
Josephine
Graham
filed
the
lawsuit in May 2021 against the
University on the grounds that the
University does not maintain or
properly enforce sufficient policies
and procedures for preventing and
responding to sexual misconduct
on campus. The lawsuit did not
seek monetary relief.
The class action lawsuit is
different from the $490 million
settlement
reached
between
survivors of the late athletic
Doctor Robert Anderson and the
University in January. Graham
claimed
in
a
previous
press
conference that the CCRT was the
“capstone” of the settlement.
The University has faced similar
allegations of mishandling sexual
misconduct in the past, including
over
a
thousand
allegations
against Anderson. In recent years
there have also been allegations
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of misconduct against Computer
Science
and
Engineering
professors Jason Mars and Walter
Lasecki, former Music, Theatre
&
Dance
professors
Stephen
Shipps and David Daniels, former
LSA lecturer Bruce Conforth
and English professor Douglas
Trevor. There is also an upcoming
sexual misconduct trial against
former Computer Science and
Engineering chair Peter Chen,
as well as the firing of former
University
Provost
Martin
Philbert for a series of sexual
misconduct allegations.
The CCRT will begin meetings
during the fall semester, with 30
representatives from all three
University
campuses
meeting
three times a year to discuss and
advise the University on “a wide
range of approaches” to addressing
misconduct, the University said in
a statement.
Interim University President
Mary Sue Coleman said the CCRT
will help the University achieve its
goals of becoming a national leader
in protecting community members
against sexual misconduct.
“The structure of the team,
which
includes
leadership
from
outside
the
university,
will give a voice to all members
of our community who have
a perspective to share on this
vital effort,” Coleman said in a
statement.
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