Federal Funding

Representatives joined water access advocates on Tuesday to draw attention to a bill re-introduced in April that would create a permanent fund for help with water bills.

Under the rule, postgraduate programs could lose Federal Direct Loan access if graduates make less than those with just a high school diploma in the same state.

States say disaster funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency has slowed to a trickle under the Trump administration. That's delaying projects to protect communities from wildfires and hurricanes.

As a lifeline for low-income families, Head Start programs provide vital assistance with childcare, health support, and educational resources, but a prolonged government shutdown threatens to disrupt these essential services.

We discussed trade talks with Canada, cuts to SNAP benefits, childcare costs, and Michigan’s recently passed education budget. Also, tune in for the story of one high school’s attempt to ban Elvis haircuts in October of 1956.

How Michigan residents are pushing back against proposed data centers in their backyards. A debut novel about friendship and addiction set in Michigan. And, how the Big Beautiful Bill has changed Michigan.

The federal government shutdown is impacting Michigan’s national parks. A lack of funding is delaying maintenance and preservation projects, and workers have been furloughed or forced to work longer hours.

Michigan nonprofit leaders say a shutdown would be devastating for local communities, and nonprofits might be unable to provide essential services like food assistance.

First, a history professor gave us historical perspectives on the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Then, an insight into beekeeping therapy, PTSD and their relationship to the Farm Bill. Plus, we caught up with a search and rescue ranger on whether or not a Sleeping Bear Dunes rescue really costs $3,000.

House Republicans are pushing a bill funding government agencies through November 21, but Democrats say without a plan to renew expiring health care subsidies they will oppose it.