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  • The Citizens Research Council of Michigan says ending the tax credits will cause people's insurance premiums to skyrocket by hundreds of dollars a year on average.
  • Picketers rallied outside Ann Arbor’s VA hospital, saying they want to protect veterans and Veterans Affairs workers against the Trump administration's recent actions.
  • First, why Michigan universities are seeing a decline in international enrollment and the consequences of that drop. Then, the author of a nonfiction book about amateur submariners discusses his in-depth research. And Michigan arts organizations discuss how they’re coping with federal funding cuts.
  • First, we heard more about reports that Michigan is sharing voter roll information with the Department of Justice. Then, we learned about the Music House Museum and how federal cuts threaten its survival. Also, a participating artist spoke with us about a Grand Rapids ArtPrize exhibition. Plus, we dove into the history of the word "Michigander" with Michigan Public's new podcast, On Hand. Have any burning questions about the things that make Michigan, Michigan? Submit them to the pod here!
  • An academic perspective on President Donald Trump’s move to eject Michigander Lisa Cook at the Federal Reserve. A profile of the man responsible for a surprising percentage of Detroit’s commercial signage. And, a conversation with Michigan Public’s retiring environment reporter, Lester Graham.
  • Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says the health system's decision is not only "cowardly," it may violate the state's antidiscrimination law.
  • President Donald Trump said he fired an MSU professor from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors despite having no legal authority to do so. Also, Michigan Medicine has ended its gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth. Then, how federal funding cuts to the arts have affected productions in Michigan.
  • First, an expert from the University of Michigan weighed in on the potentially dangerous effects of the Trump administration's changes to personnel in the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Then, we heard from a curator of a new materials exhibition at Michigan State University detailing campus life during the Vietnam War. Plus, the Director of the Vatican Observatory, born a Detroiter, gave an inside look into the Vatican's relationship with the stars.
  • First, a debrief on U.S.-Canada tariffs and what they might mean for Michigan. Also, a reflection on the 50th anniversary of Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance and the theories it engendered. Then, a Michigan attorney and activist who joined a Gaza-bound freedom flotilla speaks on famine in the Gaza strip.
  • The money was abruptly withheld weeks before the start of school, leaving districts scrambling.