Nessel goes to bat for Michigan dispensaries stuck in the cash-only era
| July 28, 2025
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is calling on Congress to pass long-sought legislation that would let cannabis businesses access traditional banking services.Suspect in Michigan Walmart stabbings is charged with a rarely used state terrorism count
| July 28, 2025
A Michigan prosecutor filed a terrorism charge Monday against a man accused of stabbing 11 people at a Walmart store.5 quick hits of cannabis news from across Michigan
| July 28, 2025
The cannabis plants are growing, the prices are dropping, and the politics are heating up.Ask Dr. Litinas: What science actually says about cannabis—and what we still don’t know
| July 28, 2025
More Michiganders than ever are turning to cannabis for wellness and relief. But even with medical and recreational access, stigma surrounding the plant still lingers—especially when it comes to understanding what cannabis can actually do for our health.These 8 restaurants in Michigan really committed to their themes
| July 28, 2025
Take your dining experience to a playful new level with our roundup of the best themed restaurants in Michigan.Authorities seek to file terrorism and assault charges against suspect in Walmart knife attack
| July 28, 2025
A man accused of entering a Walmart in Michigan and randomly stabbing shoppers before being detained by bystanders is expected to face terrorism and multiple assault chargesWATCH: Trump’s vouchers revive DeVos’ rejected plans for Michigans schools
| July 28, 2025
Betsy DeVos couldn’t get her school voucher scheme passed in Michigan—but President Donald Trump just baked it into federal law.WATCH: Michiganders get slimed as Ohio bails on Lake Erie
| July 28, 2025
Republican leaders are gutting funding for wetlands and water testing around Lake Erie. And that means more slime, more toxins, and more problems for Michigan.Macomb County households will start losing money this year under Trump’s new spending law. Here’s how much—and who let it happen
| July 25, 2025
Across Macomb County, families are bracing for the impact of a single vote in Washington—one that erased more than $500 million in public funding from their communities.Federal cuts will hit the Flint region hardest. Here’s how much money people there stand to lose—and who tried to stop it
| July 25, 2025
More than half a billion dollars in public funding for health care and food programs is vanishing, taking millions from Michigan’s 8th District. The law that did it passed by a single vote.Here’s how many Michiganders in Flint and the Tri-Cities will lose SNAP benefits in 2025—and the elected politician who tried to stop it
| July 25, 2025
Trump’s tax bill will take around 46,000 people off SNAP in Michigan’s 8th Congressional District. Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet voted against it.Here’s how many people in Southwest Michigan will lose SNAP benefits in 2025—and the elected politician who made it happen
| July 25, 2025
About 25,000 people in the Holland-Kalamazoo region are waiting to hear if Rep. Bill Huizenga will run for reelection in 2026, after he voted to take food benefits away from their families.
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That one time in Michigan: When we had our deadliest tornado
| July 14, 2025
June marked the 72nd anniversary of the deadliest tornado in Michigan’s history. Learn about the Flint-Beecher tornado, its impact, and its lasting legacy.75 years after the then-worst crash in US history, search ends for a plane in Lake Michigan
| June 26, 2025
A group is ending a 20-year search for a plane that crashed into Lake Michigan in 1950.A guide to what the Juneteenth holiday is and how to celebrate it
| June 18, 2025
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries. In 2021, President Joe Biden designated it a […]It’s the only Great Lake entirely within US. 10 things to know about Lake Michigan
| June 4, 2025
Lake Michigan, the only one of the five Great Lakes entirely within the United States, spans the western coast of Michigan's Lower Peninsula, providing state residents with fantastic beaches to explore, but there are other fascinating and fun facts about Lake Michigan.A historian explores Michigan’s secret bootlegging empire
| May 6, 2025
Want to learn about Michigan’s secret and spirited past? Here, a historian and U of M grad explores the state’s history as a bootlegging center.That one time in Michigan: When we established one of the most isolated national parks
| March 11, 2025
It's been nearly 100 years since Congress authorized one of the country's most beautiful and remote national parks.That one time in Michigan: When an abolitionist called Battle Creek home
| February 5, 2025
Sojourner Truth, the legendary activist, lived in Michigan for more than 20 years, using her powerful voice to fight for abolition, women’s rights, and equality.Black History Month explained: Its origins, celebrations and myths
| February 4, 2025
Beginning Feb. 1, schools, museums and communities across the nation will mark the start of Black History Month, a celebration of Black history, culture, and education.
