The Michigan House took up a ballot measure Tuesday to curb political donations from some of Michigan’s public utilities and government contractors. Lawmakers passed the initiative by a large margin.

“The Flint Water Crisis was a man-made tragedy of epic proportion,” State Attorney General Dana Nessel wrote in a forward to the report. “My heart breaks for this loss and suffering,” as well as the fact that “to a large extent, justice has evaded the people of Flint.”

Last year, Stateside talked with Nadine Hubbs, professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Music at the University of Michigan, about her scholarship on Dolly Parton. Hear a snippet of the conversation here.

The impact of frozen funding for a project meant to prevent invasive carp from entering Lake Michigan. Plus, how recently mysterious copyright claims have emerged on stories about a Florida congressional candidate’s Michigan bitcoin business.

On Tuesday, the Canadian government struck back at the Trump administration with retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion worth of American goods, including steel, dairy products, appliances and farm equipment.

A recent series of unrelated shootings left five people dead in Flint in one week.

The measures come after President Trump imposed 50% tariffs on many Canadian goods and threatened more after trade talks broke down on Friday.

Playing football has long been linked to the brain disease known as CTE, but how prevalent it is is still unknown. A new study of former NFL players who died recently found that at least 25% had CTE.

The 200,000 revocations will not happen in one fell swoop, but on a rolling basis, the Trump administration source said. But experts suggest that the revocation, while potentially precedent setting, is largely performative.

A ballot question to tighten Michigan’s voter ID and registration laws barely missed its chance to get before voters Monday.The Michigan Board of State Canvassers refused to certify the proposed constitutional amendment to the November ballot. That’s after several of the petition signatures the campaign turned in were called into question.

A new statewide effort aims to shore up a critical part of our democracy: poll workers. Also, a look at the strange history of animal bounties in Michigan. And an answer to a very Michigan question: Is Superman ice cream from here?

Google searches will have you believe Superman ice cream was started with Stroh's during Prohibition. Don't believe it. Let's dispel some Superman myths...

Michigan Public's Dustin Dwyer explains why we have this recurring ballot question, how would work, and the pros and cons.

Nearly a quarter of crashes in Kent County involve deer. Now the road commission has a new idea to tame the population.

The state of Michigan will invest $7.5 million in seed money in looking for deposits of geologic hydrogen. The carbon-free gas can be formed deep underground under the right conditions, and those conditions may exist in Michigan.

GOP candidates for various statewide and local races formally accepted their nominations on Saturday for Michigan's November elections.

A round of storms impacted the region on Aug. 11