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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan gave his last State of the City address before leaving to run for state office. We talked about his impact on the city and what's next for him. Then, our third episode of Revival looked at the tough decisions business owners had to make during COVID.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer spoke out Wednesday against a Republican budget proposal that could force big cuts to federal spending, including popular programs like Medicaid.

In the eleventh hour, the Michigan legislature wrote a bi-partisan compromise to limit the state’s wage increases as well as change paid sick leave requirements. Sean Egan from the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity broke these changes down.

A Michigan Court of Claims judge has ruled the Republican-controlled Michigan House should send nine bills being held in the clerk’s office to Governor Gretchen Whitmer for her to sign or veto. But the judge stopped short of issuing a court order to comply with the decision.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is calling for streamlining the state’s environmental permitting process — including a reduction in the types of projects that require regulatory approval.It was one of the proposals Whitmer outlined Wednesday in her State of the State address.

First, a recap of Governor Whitmer’s next to last State of the State speech. Then, the massive allocation of corporate subsidies. Plus, what does "constitutional crisis" mean and are we in one?

Governor Gretchen Whitmer said divided government in Lansing should not stop Democrats and Republicans from finding ways to get things done. The governor delivered her seventh State of the State address on Wednesday.

Michigan’s FY 24-25 budget included a $655.3 million investment in the Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP), which provides pre-K for eligible four-year-olds. The governor’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year increases funding to $676.1 million.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer released her much-anticipated road funding plan this week. On this week’s It’s Just Politics, Zoe Clark and Rick Pulta are joined by Bridge Michigan’s Simon Shuster to dig into the $3 billion plan. Plus, John Truscott, former Communications Director for Governor John Engler, explains how to sell a roads plan.

Today, new safety rules for Michigan schools, four years after Oxford. Also, a Michigan perspective on recent big developments in AI. And artist Jarod Lew’s warm, intimate photographs catch facets of family experience and Asian American life.