Trump cuts Michigan

Jonathan Hanson, a lecturer at the University of Michigan, discusses court challenges to President Donald Trump's executive orders and the speed at which Trump has signed them.

Michigan is now one of 19 states suing the federal government over threats to withhold funding unless schools comply with a new interpretation of civil rights laws.

One of many institutes at risk is the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research based at the University of Michigan. It's partly funded by NOAA to research invasive species, extreme weather, and toxic cyanobacterial blooms.

Trump wants auto manufacturers to move entirely to the U.S. But they're keeping the administration's fluid policies and the high cost of moving in mind as they wait.

President Donald Trump's rally in Macomb County will be his first since Inauguration Day earlier this year. Trump’s trip to Michigan follows several conversations with the state’s high-profile Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer. In those talks, Whitmer has pushed for a new fighter jet mission at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, located in Macomb County.

The University of Michigan’s Faculty Senate voted on a similar resolution calling for compact establishment, but hasn't yet disclosed the results.

Supporters of the EPA's work in Michigan and the U.S. to protect the environment urged Congress to rein in a plan to roll back multiple pollution regulations.

Head Start provides eligible families with free, government-subsidized early education for children. However, programs in Michigan are reporting increasing delays in federal payments. If the delays continue or worsen, some may have trouble remaining open through the remainder of the school year.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive directive Thursday calling on the state health department to create a report on how big proposed cuts to the federal Medicaid program would affect Michigan.

Michigan labor officials say the state may have to step in to resolve disputes in the wake of cuts to the federal agency that normally handles private sector contract mediation.