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Manure spreading at the center of dispute between farm groups and EGLE

Farm groups are using a two-pronged approach to stop the state from changing the rules for spreading manure. The Michigan Farm Bureau, large livestock…

A pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now, a nonprofit group said it has raised around $900,000 for the alleged rioters, but some of their families are raising questions about how the money is being spent.

Experts see 'red flags' at nonprofit raising big money for Capitol riot defendants

The Patriot Freedom Project has raised around $900,000 to support alleged Jan. 6 Capitol rioters. The group says the funds support defendants, but families have raised concerns about transparency.

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Stateside: World robotics championship in Detroit; Pence visits MI; archiving the Flint water crisis

Today on Stateside, Vice President Mike Pence comes to Detroit to whip up support for the new North American trade deal, even as automakers nervously eye…

Natural Gas Building Boom Fuels Climate Worries, Enrages Landowners

Companies are asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to approve thousands of miles of pipelines from Appalachia. It's an agency that almost never says no.

Whitmer says she has talked to Biden campaign about VP nomination

Governor Gretchen Whitmer says she has talked to members of former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign team about being his running mate on the November…

A movie theater is seen closed due to the coronavirus pandemic on July 2, 2020, in Brea, Calif. The U.S. economy shrank at a record 32.9% rate in the second quarter as the pandemic cost tens of millions of jobs.

3 Months Of Hell: U.S. Economy Drops 32.9% In Worst GDP Report Ever

The coronavirus triggered the sharpest economic contraction in modern history in the second quarter as the pandemic hammered the economy, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Climate activists in Grand Rapids urge Democrats to support Green New Deal

More than 150 protesters gathered in downtown Grand Rapids as part of a national climate strike Friday.They want Senator Gary Peters and other Democrats…

Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA)

COVID-19 named as main cause of 22.7 percent jobless rate

Michigan’s official jobless rate jumped to 22.7%.The seasonally adjusted number shows Michigan lost more than one million jobs from March to April. The…

Pedestrians pass a New York State Department of Labor office June 11 in Queens. The Federal Reserve expects the U.S. unemployment rate to still be more than 9% by the end of 2020.

1.5 Million File For Unemployment, But Continuing Claims Decrease Slightly

Another 1.5 million people file for unemployment benefits for the first time, but the number who are continuing to seek the payments continues to decline as workers return to their jobs.

Why are some grocery store shelves still empty and what's up with those unfamiliar brands?

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, a typical family’s food budget was pretty evenly split between home and places such as restaurants, convenience stores, or…

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