Governor Whitmer

Governor Gretchen Whitmer filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the state’s abortion ban that would take effect if Roe v. Wade is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.

As of now — April 5 at noon — jurors are still deliberating the fate of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer. We will have updates on the verdict as soon as it comes in. But today on the pod, we go over what we know so far.

There's a bipartisan deal to put $4.7 billion in federal funding toward Michigan's vast infrastructure needs. Will it be enough? Also, we remember the late Anne Parsons of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Jurors have now heard all the evidence in the federal trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer. “Sometime tomorrow, it will be in your hands,” Judge Robert Jonker told the jurors.

The federal trial of four defendants accused of a plot to kidnap Governor Whitmer began this week in Grand Rapids. We talked to reporter Dustin Dwyer about what happened in court.

The state of Michigan will divest its pension fund investments in Russian and Belarusian assets. That includes index funds that invest in an array of stocks and bonds. Governor Gretchen Whitmer requested the action last week.

Governor Whitmer opposes a $2.5 billion tax cut package passed by state legislature. Also, decision-making in a post-omicron surge Michigan. And another episode of Interlochen Public Radio's [Un]Natural Selection series.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s proposed budget includes a proposal for a secure Wi-Fi network in prisons and live-tracking bracelets for inmates.

Hear an update on where Michigan is at with the pandemic, plus the big takeaways from Whitmer's newest budget proposal. Playwright Noah Haidle joins to talk "Birthday Candles", and two Ukrainian nationals living in metro Detroit weigh in on rising tensions at the Ukrainian border.

The first step toward spending Michigan’s surplus from tax revenue and federal recovery funds begins this week. Governor Gretchen Whitmer and her budget team are putting the finishing touches to her proposed budget for the coming fiscal year.