A 19-year-old man is in critical condition following a shooting in Lansing late Thursday night.

Police say the shooting happened just after 11 p.m. in the 3900 block of Hillborn Lane near Waverly Road and Holmes Road. Investigators say no arrests have been made and the investigation remains ongoing.

Also Thursday night in Lansing, a 70-year-old woman was killed in a vehicle-pedestrian crash on Cedar Street near Kalamazoo Street. According to police, the woman was struck by a vehicle driven by a 24-year-old man. Officers say the driver was fully cooperative and that drugs and alcohol are not believed to be factors in the crash. The investigation is continuing.

Meanwhile, Michigan’s Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate sparred over artificial intelligence policy during a debate at the Mackinac Policy Conference.

State Senator Mallory McMorrow promoted a proposal to impose what she called a “token tax” on the commercial use of AI to help fund apprenticeship and workforce training programs.

“We should institute a token tax on commercial use of AI to fund apprenticeship programs that teach people how to do negotiations, how to sit in client presentations, how to manage other people — the things that AI is bad at,” McMorrow said.

Fellow Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed argued stronger action is needed, calling for AI companies to be regulated as public utilities.

“I don’t think that it is enough to do this token thing,” El-Sayed said. “I think we need to regulate AI and AI corporations as public utilities. It is too dangerous to be left out of control of government.”

Congresswoman Haley Stevens also weighed in, saying large corporations investing in Michigan AI infrastructure and data centers should face additional taxation.

“We got these big guys coming into Michigan,” Stevens said. “We need to make sure that Michiganders do not pay a penny for it.”

At the same conference, Governor Gretchen Whitmer appeared to soften earlier comments about a possible 2028 presidential run.

After previously telling Fox 2 Detroit she would not run for president, Whitmer clarified her remarks during a Q&A session Thursday.

“I never thought I would run for governor,” Whitmer said. “So I guess I should know better to say you never say never.”

Whitmer added she does not want distractions as she completes her final years in office.

In Michigan politics, the Board of State Canvassers approved petition signatures for Republican gubernatorial candidates John James and Perry Johnson, officially placing them on the August primary ballot.

However, two other gubernatorial hopefuls — Republican Ralph Rebandt and Democrat Kim Thomas — were removed from consideration after officials determined they lacked enough valid petition signatures.

A new study involving the Flint-based RxKids program also reported major improvements in birth outcomes for participating families.

The program provides $1,500 during pregnancy and $500 per month during a child’s first year of life. Researchers found that since RxKids launched in 2024, low birth weight rates dropped 18%, preterm births declined 27%, and neonatal intensive care unit admissions fell 29% compared to baseline data from 2021.

Finally, the mother of Michigan State men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo has died.

Dorothy Izzo, who recently celebrated her 100th birthday earlier this month, passed away at a senior living facility in Wisconsin.