Why Michigan’s top lawyers are joining the fight to protect public media

By The 'Gander Staff

July 1, 2025

This isn’t just about TV shows. Public media helps keep Michiganders safe and informed. Here’s why President Donald Trump’s funding cuts could do real damage.

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Why Michigan’s top lawyers are joining the fight to protect public media

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Why is nothing getting done in Lansing?

Michigan parents says their son with down syndrome deserves care, not cuts

Trump’s fake ‘energy emergency’ hits West Michigan

Michigan’s role in Trump’s extreme mass deportation agenda

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Michigan union leader says Trump’s budget is ‘an attack on the middle class’

MI lawmaker says nobody voted for Medicaid cuts

Lansing cut gun violence in half

New science gives Michiganders one more reason to chill

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