{
  "id": 17966045,
  "title": "Citizen-led ballot initiatives seek to limit electricity firms’ political donations in Michigan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/citizen-led-ballot-initiatives-seek-to-limit-electricity-firms",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T12:30:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/03/michigan-ballot-political-donation-datacenters"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "One motion considers reining in political spending while another proposes to municipalize the grid in sign of anger with datacenters and high bills Two citizen-led ballot initiatives seek to rein in Michigan’s powerful electric utilities as residents say politicians have failed to address pressing issues around controversial datacenters, high energy rates and poor electric reliability. On…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}