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Michigan House Republicans adopted a resolution this week to continue to hold onto nine bills from the last legislative term. Is the state Capitol getting closer toward its own constitutional crisis? Plus, Governor Gretchen Whitmer meets with President Donald Trump in D.C.
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Hundreds of people protested the Trump administration with signs and banners at highway bridge overpasses in Ann Arbor, Port Huron, Flint, Hazel Park, and Plymouth on Friday, and hundreds more showed up to protest DOGE head and Tesla CEO Elon Musk at a Tesla dealership in Ann Arbor.
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A person returning from international travel may have exposed people to measles at a Rochester restaurant and a Rochester hospital in early March.
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A Michigan elections board rejected an effort to recall Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on Friday.Two recall petitions alleged Benson misused state resources and took too long to settle campaign finance complaints. The petition sponsor wasn’t at Friday’s meeting of the Board of State Canvassers, leaving attorneys for Benson to pick them apart before the board.
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Chronic wasting disease, a fatal neurological ailment, kills deer. It's been slowly spreading through Michigan. Washtenaw County is the 15th county where the disease has been detected in deer.
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First, a look at litigation against University of Michigan protesters. Then, the experiences of migrant women in Michigan. Plus, a statistical way to fill out your March Madness brackets.
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Michigan Public's John U. Bacon looks at Michigan and Michigan State men's basketball ahead of the Big Ten conference tournament quarterfinal round.
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The situation with the Line 5 oil pipeline that runs through Michigan isn't the most topical issue I could have picked this week. It's more of an ongoing issue that (I hope) most Michiganders are familiar with. The point I'm attempting to make, however, is extremely topical. And that topic is: propaganda works.
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Mary Frances Phillips' "Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins” is a biography of one of the party's longest serving women.
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Michigan’s January jobs report held a mixed bag as the state gained jobs but not enough to stave off an increase in the state’s monthly unemployment to 5.3%. That’s an increase of one-tenth of a percentage point from the December rate.
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The Michigan Senate passed its two-bill spending plan to close the books on the state’s last budget Thursday.One bill redirects money from the previous fiscal year to account for differences between planned and actual costs when it comes to Medicaid, veterans' homes, and other areas. The other refocuses $3.3 million in Federal Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds toward the state’s Community College Academic Catch-Up Program.
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Colin Bird, the Consul General of Canada in Detroit, visited Eastern Michigan University to discuss the importance of free trade and advocate for more teamwork between Canada and the U.S. to improve both economies.
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This is the first time cougar cubs have been verified since the big cats were hunted out of existence in Michigan in the early 1900s.
Michigan Public introduces a new podcast about Michigan's culinary talent, and the stories behind the food.
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Starting in Fall 2025, Bowling Green State University will expand its scholarship program for eligible undergraduates from Wayne County, Michigan.
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The Michigan Supreme Court issued an order Friday returning an industry challenge to the state’s PFAS drinking water standards to a lower court.A divided Supreme Court instructed the Michigan Court of Appeals to consider the fact that the chemical manufacturer 3M challenged a rule drafted in 2019 before the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy adopted final standards in 2020.
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The State of Michigan is starting to prepare unemployment resources for federal workers who may be losing their jobs.The Trump administration has been trying to downsize the federal government through layoffs, firings, and offering benefits to employees who choose to resign.
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Congress passed the Uniform Time Act in 1966 that set up the biannual time change.
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