Anna Busse
Newsroom InternAnna Busse is a Newsroom Intern for Michigan Public. She is a 2025 graduate from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), where she majored in English and minored in Global Media Studies. In her spare time she enjoys reading, nature and sunsets, listening to music too loudly, spending time with friends, family, and her dog Edward, and traveling.
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As of mid July, COVID-19 cases are estimated to be growing in 25 states, including Michigan. This data comes from a recent report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). -
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. -
Researchers at the University of North Carolina say Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” could put three Michigan hospitals among those at risk of closure and service reductions. -
A third Democrat has announced a bid to run against Michigan Republican U.S. Representative Tom Barrett in one of the battleground state's most competitive districts. -
Around 700 workers at McLaren Macomb hospital are on strike over what they say are low wages and labor violations. The hospital says the union abandoned negotiations. -
Asian longhorned ticks were recently found in Michigan for the first time. A team of students and researchers at Calvin University discovered the species in a routine environmental surveillance check in Berrien County. -
The number of crashes where someone was speeding is down since 2019, according to a new report from Michigan State Police. -
Michigan’s forest management plan delayed after ice storm damages 900,000 acres of state forest landThe Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced this week that its 10-year State Forest Management Plan will be delayed by at least a year. That's because of the widespread damage to state forest land caused by a major ice storm. The storm hit the northern Lower Peninsula in late March, damaging about 900,000 acres of state forest. -
In a June 26th speech, Democratic Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin outlined what she described as a new vision for the Democratic Party. She discussed what she calls an economic war plan to combat the lack of economic security and shrinking middle class. -
Michigan residential electricity rates are higher than the national average and other Midwestern states, and the state's two largest utilities want more increases.
