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We are into week six of seemingly stalled budget negotiations in Lansing. Six weeks since K-12 schools, higher ed and some local governments started their fiscal years without knowing how much state money they’ll receive. Just what’s going on at the state Capitol?
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A giant wooden "nature megaphone" built by local high school students is now open to the public. The megaphone next to the Belle Isle Nature Center amplifies the sound of nature when you're inside it.
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State Superintendent Michael Rice says it's "unacceptable" that the state House and state Senate have failed to agree on a school aid budget.
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State Superintendent Michael Rice is urging Michigan school districts to continue offering free school meals at the start of the school year, despite uncertainty about whether the state will provide funding for the meals program.
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Michigan bills to ban AI-generated sexual content of real people advanced out a state Senate committee Tuesday.
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A jury has awarded nearly $60 million to a man who accused a disgraced Michigan prosecutor and a police officer of violating his rights by filing false sexual abuse charges.
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The plan sets a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 62.8% per capita by the end of the decade, but doesn't come with any requirements yet.
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First, a look at the debate over Grand Rapids' climate plan. Then, a Detroit-based artist talks about her woven tapestries, created with a digital loom. Plus, how community service and fly fishing come together for juvenile offenders along the Au Sable River. And, how the face of mobile home lot ownership is changing.
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Council members Mohammed Hassan and Muhtasin Sadman have been charged with multiple felonies, including forgery, and a misdemeanor.
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Just published this week: A portrait of the lucrative drug-treatment industry; a memoir of a female firefighter; debut fiction from an Emmy-winning TV writer; and a brand new Karin Slaughter thriller.
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Judge gives Whitmer 10 days to respond to lawsuit seeking special election in vacant Senate districtA lawsuit has been filed to pressure Governor Gretchen Whitmer to call a special election for an open state Senate seat.
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President Trump's executive order extends a reprieve from the threat of rising tariffs between the world's two largest economies.
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A number of deteriorating dams have been torn down and streams restored. It's expensive, and Michigan's budget is facing challenges.
The Dish, hosted by Mercedes Mejia, brings you behind the scenes with Michigan’s most inspiring chefs and culinary talents. Learn how food connects these chefs to their cultures, and strengthens our communities, one dish at a time.
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The Rx Kids program gives $1,500 during pregnancy and $500 a month in the first months of a child's life. Legislation in Lansing would expand state support for it.
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A losing candidate wants federal and state investigations of last week's Flint city council electionVoters in Flint’s Third Ward were voting in a special election to fill a city council seat that has been vacant since September, causing a deadlock in city business.
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Ford announced it will retool its Louisville Assembly Plant to focus on electric trucks. Its goal: to bring down prices for U.S. buyers and compete with Chinese EV makers on the global market.
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What to make of a private meeting between Governor Whitmer and President Trump; from our friends at Interlochen Public Radio’s Points North, a microorganism that conducts electricity and what might happen if our devices were alive; and with Michigan Public’s own Beenish Ahmed, the short story collection about Muslim-American life that won her a Kresge Artist Fellowship.
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