Michelle Jokisch Polo
Stateside ProducerMichelle Jokisch Polo is a producer for Stateside. She joins us from WKAR in Lansing, where she reported in both English and Spanish on a range of topics, including politics, healthcare access and criminal justice. Her stories have appeared on NPR, as well as WBUR's Here & Now and Marketplace. Michelle began her career as a journalist as the head reporter at El Vocero Hispano, the largest Hispanic newspaper in Michigan.
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Some Grand Rapids voters may soon have fewer places to cast ballots – that’s as city leaders are poised to consider a proposal to consolidate and eliminate some precinct locations. -
The city of Dearborn is launching a financial assistance program aimed at providing thousands of dollars for expectant mothers. -
With vaccine hesitancy and measles infections rising among children in the state — some parents are concerned. Here's what you should know about the virus and how to protect against it. -
Michigan Supreme Court to decide who gets the rights of frozen embryos after a divorce. -
A new study from the University of Michigan suggests that rethinking how lithium ion batteries are manufactured could fix some of the key concerns keeping potential electric vehicle buyers on the sidelines. -
Three years ago, Patrick Lyoya was shot and killed by former Grand Rapids Police Department officer Christopher Schurr. -
The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the landscape of business and work as we know it. During this episode of Revival, we examine how businesses adapted during unprecedented times. -
Michigan State University mathematician Albert Cohen tells us how we can use statistics to fill our March Madness brackets. -
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. -
Mary Frances Phillips' "Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins” is a biography of one of the party's longest serving women.
