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Gwen Frisbie-Fulton: ‘The people closest to the problem are often the ones who can find the solution’
About two years ago, tents started to show up in my neighborhood along the creek beds and in small stands of trees. Most only became visible when the leaves fell, exposing their orange rainflies and blue tarps. This increase in houselessness didn’t feel surprising to me or to my neighbors: The rent has nearly doubled…
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The trendiest Detroit Tigers merch to wear on game days
Baseball season is almost upon us, so it’s time to stock up on stylish Detroit Tigers merch.
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Barrett constituents deliver petition to Lansing office, demand in-person town hall meeting
Grassroots organizers delivered more than 2,000 petition signatures to the Lansing office of US Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Charlotte) demanding that the first-term congressman hold an in-person town hall meeting.
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Catch Meijer Gardens’ butterfly exhibit—only through April
Experience the magic of 60+ butterfly species from around the world at Meijer Gardens’ limited-time exhibition, running only through April 30, 2025.
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A love letter to the working class, from Gwen Frisbie-Fulton
It started in the back seat of my family’s Jeep Cherokee, the one with the broken AC and vinyl seats that stuck to my thighs in the late summer heat. After school we would wait, all the doors flung open, for my dad to get off work. My mother reading in the front seat, her…
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Hamtramck teacher says Trump’s education order could have a big impact in Michigan
Toni Coral, a teacher and president of the Hamtramck Federation of Teachers, worries about how her students will be affected by recent federal education cuts.
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Trump wants to shut down the US Department of Education. What would that mean for Michigan?
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the US Department of Education—and it could have profound effects on Michigan’s public schools.
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Michigan physicians and health care providers underscore concerns on federal cuts to Medicaid
A sea of white coats filled the Senate appropriations room on Thursday as members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of Health and Human Services heard testimony on the dire threat federal cuts to Medicaid could pose to Michigan residents and health care providers.
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Police say they’ve apprehended hospital worker who shot co-worker in parking garage
Police in Michigan said they apprehended a hospital employee who shot and wounded a co-worker Thursday morning in a northern suburb of Detroit.
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A former studio engineer is charged with stealing unreleased Eminem music and selling it online
A former Eminem studio engineer was charged Wednesday with stealing the Detroit rapper’s unreleased music and selling it online.
