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Today, we talk to Natasha Bagdasarian about the state partnering with the department of health and human services to provide free access to birth control and sexually transmitted disease prevention medication. And, a feature on women stocking up on Plan B in Michigan.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is distributing free contraception across the state starting in November.

In this week’s It’s Just Politics newsletter, Zoe Clark and Rick Pluta dig into this week’s Democratic National Convention, former President Donald Trump’s visit to Michigan, and take a look at the upcoming state conventions this weekend.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer will be onstage Thursday to deliver a speech on the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell join It’s Just Politics from Chicago, and a look at former President Donald Trump’s trip to Livingston County this week.

“We know that securing clean energy economic development opportunities not only grows our economy and supports local workers, but it also helps us meet our statewide climate goals," said Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

Today, Michigan Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, longtime friend of Joe Biden, on the President’s decision to step away from the presidential race. Then, what went down at Donald Trump’s rally in Grand Rapids this past Saturday — his first public appearance since the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania just over a week ago. Plus, what Kamala Harris’ campaign entry means for a Michigan electorate that sometimes clashed with Joe Biden.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer's new book. Meet a post-ironic candidate for Grand Rapids Mayor. As part of IPR's Stories That Heal, we heard about Diana Priest's journey with loss. And, a conversation with the owner of a new witchcraft-themed bar in Hamtramck.

Whitmer is a Biden booster and national campaign co-chair, and is in the awkward position of being atop lists of Democrats who could replace Biden on the party's ticket.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer says the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to toss a challenge to the abortion drug mifepristone is also important to upholding Michigan’s reproductive rights amendment.