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Today, what to know about Michigan’s new paid sick leave laws. Also, a preview of all the fun you’ll find at our upcoming Valentine’s Day party in metro Grand Rapids. Plus, we’ll learn what happens to all the Michigan wildlife that doesn’t get to snuggle under a blanket by the fire during our state’s frigid winters.

Today, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services director Elizabeth Hertel talks about Michigan’s Child Protective Services progress under federal oversight. Then, a 1950s “shark attack” in Lake Michigan. Plus, the Kresge Foundation’s president and CEO Rip Rapson discusses the foundation’s ongoing mission and its 100th anniversary.

A new Senate package on water affordability aims to establish a $2 up-charge to all customers’ water bills in order to support households that are at risk of water shutoffs.

Michigan has recorded its third vaping-related death.The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says the unidentified adult male died December…

Over the weekend, parts of Michigan recorded temperatures well below zero.The bitter cold temps come as many Michiganders are struggling to get help from…

Flint’s mayor is dumbfounded by a decision to offer a new state job to one of the defendants in the Flint water crisis criminal investigation.Dr. Eden…

Did the Michigan Department of Health and Human services know about a possible Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Genesee County a year before it was…

The federal government has approved Michigan’s request to expand Medicaid eligibility in Flint. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced yesterday afternoon they’ve sent a “public health strike team” to Flint.HHS says it has sent in…

A Michigan senate bill would let some state workers arrest people for retail trafficking of food stamps and other benefits.The bill would give a small…