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Stateside: What got cut in state budget shift; fruit thieves hit farmers; robots in the art museum

Today on Stateside, Governor Gretchen Whitmer recently used a rare budget maneuver to shift funds around within state agencies. We take a look at the…

Dave Crabill using a tool to remove the flower from a hemp stalk

Hemp farmers and processors work out kinks during first legal harvest in more than 80 years

In 2018, the U.S. Congress lifted a pre-World War II restriction that made it illegal for farmers to grow industrial hemp—a variety of the cannabis sativa…

Politics & Government

Stateside: Detroit archdiocese responds to AG; legally dubious CBD; ballot initiative runarounds

Stateside Staff

Today on Stateside, the priest in charge of processing cases of sexual abuse by clergy in the Detroit diocese responds to state Attorney General Dana…

Environment & Climate Change

Michigan farmers wait on legislative go-ahead to grow hemp

Stateside Staff

On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration made history. For the first time, the agency approved a hemp-derived product for use in treating epilepsy. The…