-
Lester GrahamIn 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. -
Zoe Clark/Michigan PublicMichiganders could be deciding whether to approve amendments to the state constitution next November, if they get enough signatures to make the ballot.
-
The House approved a Trump administration plan to rescind $9 billion in previously allocated funds, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. -
Citizens across the country joined protests against the Trump administration on the anniversary of the death of Congressman John Lewis, who died on June 17 five years ago. -
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy is taking comments and has scheduled virtual meetings for the public regarding permits to build a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac for the oil and natural gas liquids pipeline, Line 5. -
Michigan Public’s Sarah Cwiek discusses how Trump administration policy could affect U.S.-produced steel. Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor consider updating their zoning laws to allow more population density. A Michigan mom talks about her son’s experience coming out as transgender. And a brief segment about observing flight paths up north. -
The Senate voted to approve the $9 billion rescission package early Thursday. -
CDC staffers worry $140 million in grants could fail to reach state and local overdose programs. The White House officials say the dollars will arrive but won't say when. -
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. -
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.
-
An open U.S. Senate seat, legislative inaction and the Whitmer/Trump relationship: The It’s Just Politics team takes stock of the first six months of 2025 with a look at the top three Michigan politics stories of the year so far. -
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.
