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WATCH: Taxed, but not represented—270,000 Michiganders are done waiting to be heard
| August 27, 2025
Michiganders are suing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over a vacant state Senate seat.WATCH: Taylor Swift vs. Michigan Republicans: Who’s better at deadlines?
| August 27, 2025
Taylor Swift meets her deadlines. Michigan Republicans do not.WATCH: Why can’t Michigan pass a school phone ban?
| August 27, 2025
Michigan lawmakers agree that cell phones are a real problem in schools. They even have support from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. But many Michigan students are still heading back to class this year—phone in hand.WATCH: Big corporations are trying to buy a new Michigan governor
| August 27, 2025
Michigan’s next governor isn’t for sale… right? Then why are Amazon, Walmart, and Big Tobacco quietly pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into this race?Planned Parenthood extends telehealth to 7 days a week in Michigan due to growing demand
| August 27, 2025
Last year, Planned Parenthood of Michigan’s Virtual Health Center served more than 10,000 patients across the Great Lakes State. They predict that the number will increase, as hospitals close and attacks on repro care get worse.
5 unsung films that dramatize America’s rich labor history
| August 27, 2025
Hollywood studios and independent producers have long depicted the collective efforts of working people to improve their lives and gain a voice in their workplaces and the larger society.St. Clair: The storybook Michigan town with a surprising world record
| August 26, 2025
St. Clair, Michigan, not only exudes charm and offers plenty of adventures, but it also boasts an impressive world record.University of Michigan Health ends gender-affirming care after DOJ subpoena
| August 26, 2025
The University of Michigan’s statewide hospital network will stop providing medically necessary gender affirming health care service for minors, bowing to pressure from the administration of President Donald Trump.Nessel seeks to slash DTE half-billion-dollar rate hike request by 75%
| August 26, 2025
Attorney General Dana Nessel filed testimony on Friday in DTE Energy’s latest rake hike request, which is seeking more than $574 million increase from the Michigan Public Service Commission, the regulatory body that oversees the state’s utilities.Ask Dr. Litinas: Why cannabis deserves a new conversation—and a break from the stigma
| August 25, 2025
Cannabis is legal here and widely used, yet many Michiganders still feel the need to hide it—from their doctor, their family, or even their friends and neighbors.6 quick hits of cannabis news from across Michigan
| August 25, 2025
Summer vacations are fueling cannabis sales, state regulators are handing out fines, and Michiganders are winning another round in the never-ending rivalry with Ohio.Viridis vanquished: State regulators shut down Michigan’s most controversial cannabis lab
| August 25, 2025
After a years-long battle with state regulators, Viridis Labs is being forced to shut down—and its ex-cop founders have been banned from Michigan’s marijuana industry for life.
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5 unsung films that dramatize America’s rich labor history
| August 27, 2025
Hollywood studios and independent producers have long depicted the collective efforts of working people to improve their lives and gain a voice in their workplaces and the larger society.St. Clair: The storybook Michigan town with a surprising world record
| August 26, 2025
St. Clair, Michigan, not only exudes charm and offers plenty of adventures, but it also boasts an impressive world record.The fascinating histories behind 6 Michigan roads
| August 18, 2025
Turns out, the roads we drive every day aren’t just pavement and paint—they’re pieces of Michigan’s ever-evolving history. Buckle up as we take you on a trip down six Michigan roads with names that tell the story of the state’s past.That one time in Michigan: When America’s only floating post office set sail
| August 5, 2025
Learn more about the J.W. Westcott II, aka America's only floating post office, which keeps Great Lakes freighters stocked with everything from mechanical parts to hamburgers.A historian’s guide to living history in and around Detroit
| July 29, 2025
You’ve studied Michigan history, but why not live it? Check out one historian’s guide to the best ways to bring history to life in Metro Detroit.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 […]
