Michigan State University

Did you know that Michigan is the nation’s leading producer of potatoes for potato chips? We talked to the MSU researchers who have been working for decades to develop new potato varieties for major chip brands.

Why are Michigan's gas prices so high? Plus, how MSU is developing new potato varieties for potato chips. And, diving into Lake Huron with the first episode of Beyond the Shore.

Compounds from the family of chemicals known as PFAS can suppress the body’s ability to mount a defense against new pathogens—and the effects can last well into adulthood.

What happens to the immune system when humans are exposed to PFAS? Plus, a look into how legal sports gambling exploded in Michigan and across the United States.

Solar pumps and sensors are among the technologies helping Michigan's maple farmers adapt to rising costs and a shorter, less predictable tapping season.

How the community around Temple Israel is trying to move forward after an attack on the synagogue last week. Then, a professor who turned her academic research on Black girlhood into a book of poetry. And how the Erie Canal transformed Michigan.

Today, why Macomb County is posting every ballot online. Plus, preserving the legacy of Detroit's Black Bottom and Paradise Valley neighborhoods.

Bucking a decades-long trend, Michigan's population is finally growing — even if the increases are small. Also, we talked about the struggle of older Detroiters to keep up with the cost of house repairs.

Michigan State University is moving forward with a permanent memorial to honor those whose lives were lost and those who were affected by the tragedy of February 13, 2023. Three years ago, a mass shooting at the university’s campus took the lives of three students and left five others critically injured.

We learned about how the latest polar vortex is hitting houseless communities, as well as a new project at MSU meant to prevent postpartum depression. And the latest episode of It’s Just Politics.