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Michigan’s attorney general is co-leading a letter to Congress asking it to pass a law to keep Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from hiding their identity while in the field.ICE officers have received scrutiny in recent months for wearing plainclothes and masks and allegedly not identifying themselves as law enforcement during raids.
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Twenty states, including Michigan, have joined in a lawsuit to block cuts by the Trump administration to a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) program designed to help protect communities from natural disasters.
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The new building for the Grand Rapids African American Museum & Archives is 15 times the size of its previous storefront location.
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A planned semiconductor project near Flint that officials estimate could have brought 10,000 jobs to the region will not be going forward.
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Michigan’s 35th State Senate District has been vacant for 194 days. We spoke with Nancy Kaffer, Opinion Editor at The Detroit Free Press to understand why. Also, a conversation about bike-strolling through Detroit.
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Researchers from Michigan Tech University were unable to conduct their annual wolf-moose survey on Isle Royale this past winter.
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The University of Michigan is under federal scrutiny after two Chinese scientists linked to the school were separately charged with smuggling biological materials into the United States.
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Scientists are finding ways to minimize the effects of aging on the brain. Here are some ways to keep it healthy.
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Federal tax credits for rooftop solar, heat pumps and other energy-efficient technologies are going away at the end of the year. Here's what consumers should know.
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Michigan has joined more than 20 other states in a lawsuit against the Trump administration for freezing education grants. The funds frozen in Michigan total around $171 million. $6.8 billion of federal funding that had previously been approved by Congress has been frozen across the country.
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Grassroots organizations in Detroit are working together to reduce trucks driving in residential neighborhoods. The project is using computer visualizations to calculate how many trucks drive down residential roads.
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Michigan is working toward reducing food waste to help get the state to its carbon emission reduction goals. Some programs include organizations that bring unused food to food banks, and automated robots that pick up food scraps.
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The Michigan Economic Development Corporation is asking a judge to shield documents seized in a raid on its offices from an investigation by the state attorney general.
The Dish, hosted by Mercedes Mejia, brings you behind the scenes with Michigan’s most inspiring chefs and culinary talents. Learn how food connects these chefs to their cultures, and strengthens our communities, one dish at a time.
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Representatives for Michigan State University’s largest union say recent layoffs are a violation of contract agreements. Then, how an Indigenous tribe is addressing whitefish’s decline. And, leaders from two smaller Michigan NPR affiliates discuss threats to federal funding that their stations need.
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MSP: Michigan's emergency management work with federal agencies unchanged, despite Trump budget cutsSome have criticized a slow federal response to the recent deadly flooding in Texas. Critics have linked the response to budget cuts to the National Weather Service and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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We've gathered some of our past coverage about the Canadian wildfires and how to keep yourself and your family safe when the air quality is bad.
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