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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been targeted in the most recent round of federal firings.Of the hundreds of NOAA staff who were fired on Thursday, eight were from the Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab in Ann Arbor.

It’s National Invasive Species Awareness week, and Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources is urging Michiganders to learn more about invasive species prevention.

National Heritage Areas across the state of Michigan are bracing for the worst as the Trump administration pushes forward with federal grant freezes.

Industry experts discuss the swift impact of the Trump administration's new policies on the Michigan's agricultural industry, from research funding, to farm staffing, to international trade.

Michigan State University laboratories and other labs studying crop resilience and food security across the country are no longer receiving federal funding. They have also been ordered to stop working after the dismantling of USAID by the Trump administration over the past month.

Some sustainable agriculture programs in Michigan say their federal funding has been paused.

Today, what federal orders halting refugee entries and assistance mean in Michigan. Then, the waterways that were. A mapmaker shares what he’s learned about ghost streams, destroyed by building projects. Turns out, they continue to influence Michigan watersheds – even if the streams themselves are gone.

Today, how millions in emergency funding intended for Michigan restaurants were misspent during the pandemic. Also, a journey of mourning that brought West Michigan poet Marcel Price to a new creative place. Plus, advocate Dee Dee Taylor talks about helping Michiganders transition out of incarceration, through the lens of her own father’s experience.

The financial wellbeing of U.S. households in the pre- and post-pandemic stages. The independent autopsy of Patrick Lyoya, who was shot and killed by a police officer. Grand Rapids' NAACP branch weighs in on Lyoya's death. A Grand Rapids city official talks police oversight and accountability.

Flint’s mayor admits his city should have started preparing for this year’s census a year ago. But he says the city is trying to catch up.The nation’s…