Inmates in Michigan’s only prison for women are suing the state Department of Corrections for alleged forced labor and gender discrimination.The lawsuit claims the plaintiffs at the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility were forced to work as unpaid porters, cleaning common areas like showers and hallways, despite having chronic medical conditions. It’s asking the Michigan Court of Claims to certify its class action status.

A group of Midland and Gladwin county property owners are fighting a special assessment to pay for rebuilding dams that failed in 2020. They claim the assessment places an "unfair burden" on them.

As immigration policies change in this country, misinformation is spreading across social media, including rumors of immigration arrests at a Grand Rapids high school.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has struck down the state’s terroristic threats law. A unanimous three-judge panel agreed the law violates the First Amendment.The decision says the law violates the First Amendment because it focuses on how a communication might be perceived by the target of an alleged threat, instead of whether a perpetrator acted with intent or recklessness.

The lawsuit led by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel alleges that President Donald Trump has unlawfully delegated executive authority to Elon Musk, who is using "seemingly limitless and unchecked power to strip the government of its workforce" in an move "antithetical to the nation’s entire constitutional structure.”

It's been two years since a gunman killed three students and wounded several others at Michigan State University. MSU is now facing a new lawsuit from a former student.

On today's show, a lawsuit against the University of Michigan is challenging its campus ban for students and community members who participated in protests over the war in Gaza last year. Also, a buzzy new Detroit restaurant serves up Mexico City-inspired fare for the Motor City. And, the iconic Detroit musician J Dilla has a street named in his honor.

Jay Kaplan, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, discusses the impacts of the executive order by President Donald Trump on gender-affirming care.

Since immigration agents have been given the authority to make arrests in previously protected areas, Michigan immigrant rights groups have communicated with schools about how they can respond.

Today, sorting fact from fiction when it comes to immigration raids in West Michigan. Then, an art exhibit in East Lansing that asks us to think a little deeper about what’s on our plate. And, a researcher talks about neuroscience finds for managing hard emotions.