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People in Belleville are asking state lawmakers and the courts to prevent a local waste facility from accepting low-level radioactive waste from the early days of the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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A lot of companies want the EPA in charge of setting national climate regulations because it helps shield them from lawsuits and creates a predictable environment in which to make investments.
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The suffering of America's gun violence crisis is concentrated in Black neighborhoods damaged by decades of disinvestment and racial discrimination. Trump is unravelling efforts to solve the problem.
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A range of crime data has been going around to make the argument that Washington, D.C., is — or isn't — safe. We talk to crime experts to make sense of it all.
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A report from the Natural Resources Defense Council found contamination from neonicotinoid pesticides exceeding federal standards in Michigan waterways.
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Michigan is joining more than a dozen other states in suing the U.S. Department of Energy over a policy that reduces funding to help states run energy efficiency programs.
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A challenge to a common, controversial and expensive part of the state budget process will be heard Tuesday by a Michigan Court of Claims judge.
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First, a University of Michigan researcher spoke with us about the results of an Ann Arbor program providing a guaranteed monthly stipend to participants. Plus, we caught up with a sumo champion from Grand Rapids who will be representing the US at the World Sumo Championships this September. Also, a look at women's rugby in the advent of the 10th women's rugby World Cup.
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Consumers Energy is running an aging coal-burning electric power plant near Lake Michigan past its scheduled closing date at the order of the Trump administration.
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Jim Harbaugh is refusing to comment on the NCAA’s decision to fine the University of Michigan tens of millions of dollars and to suspend head coach Sherrone Moore for a third game due to the sign-stealing scandal that occurred during Harbaugh’s tenure at his alma mater.
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From campfire wood to troubleshooting, English usage provides plenty of curiosities for another lightning round.
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In 2024 the National Resources Commission limited hunting on public lands during the period coyotes have young pups dependent on their parents. The NRC has reinstated the year-round hunt season that was in place since 2016 to keep the coyote population suppressed. Year-round hunting has always been allowed for private landowners on their own property.
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Michigan K-12 students are supposed to get a minimum of 180 days of classroom instruction, but Superintendent Michael Rice says in reality, it's nowhere near that.
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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Ford says a new mid-sized electric truck is on the way, priced at just $30,000. Michigan teachers are earning thousands of dollars less than the national average, and a recent study says Michiganders want to pay them more. A writer and translator drifts from the Adriatic to the Aegean in the upcoming novel by a professor at Wayne State.
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The now-canceled Solar for All program planned to invest in things like rooftop and community solar projects, energy storage and workforce development.
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Michigan superintendents in the Dearborn, Dexter, Harrison, and Huron Valley school districts are among the seven semifinalists for the state’s top education leader position. Next week is the first round of interviews.
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I feel this party-first approach to government has gotten considerably worse in the past few decades. The Gingriching, the McConnellizing of American politics.
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