Michelle Jokisch Polo
Stateside ProducerMichelle Jokisch Polo is a producer for Stateside. She joins us from WKAR in Lansing, where she reported in both English and Spanish on a range of topics, including politics, healthcare access and criminal justice. Her stories have appeared on NPR, as well as WBUR's Here & Now and Marketplace. Michelle began her career as a journalist as the head reporter at El Vocero Hispano, the largest Hispanic newspaper in Michigan.
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As more states outlaw abortion, some define human life as starting at fertilization. Some patients and health care workers worry that this could jeopardize in vitro fertilization treatments. -
Two Greater Lansing Starbucks stores voted to unionize Thursday. It’s part of a growing wave of workers organizing at the coffee chain. -
The three farmworkers allege they were regularly exposed to dangerous pesticides while working at a Mastronardi Produce-USA greenhouse in Coldwater. -
Spanish and Swahili dictionaries are banned in Michigan prisons. An official says the ban is to prevent prisoners from being disruptive. -
In Michigan, and other parts of the country, some people are seeking Black doulas to assist with births. -
The state's largest cannabis recall has been partially struck down. The Marijuana Regulatory Agency’s recall includes more than $200 million in products. -
Coming soon to a snowy road near you...”Mr. Ice Guy” and “Control Salt Delete.” -
Union members at Lansing's Sparrow Hospital overwhelmingly approved strike authorization in a vote that ended Sunday. -
Ashley Medina is so busy cutting mullets for all kinds of people in her Lansing, Michigan, shop that she may have to give up other styles. -
A national survey from Michigan State University finds a third of Americans say the pandemic has affected their household’s ability to access food.
