Opinion: The America my parents believed in is disappearing
Michigan State Rep. Mai Xiong reflects on the fear Trump's immigration policies are causing for Michigan families.
Aug
2025
18
GOP ACCOUNTABILITY
Aug
2025
14
Activists, officials call for closure of Ottawa County coal plant as utility looks to recover costs
“We are standing here today to stand up to the Trump Administration to tell them, ‘Get this coal plant shut down.'” That was the message that lawmakers, health professionals and other officials said at a press conference near the J.H. Campbell coal plant in Ottawa County.
Aug
2025
7
MAGA Michigan sheriff faces new criticism for politicking with official resources
Emails show that Livingston County Sheriff Mike Murphy, who’s also running for the Michigan Senate, held a political fundraiser for US Senate candidate Mike Rogers last month and coordinated the event using taxpayer-funded resources to do it.
Jul
2025
30
Michigan disability advocates slam cuts to SNAP and Medicaid as attacks on autonomy
A group of disability self-advocates took Congress to task over cuts to Medicaid and SNAP benefits included in the Republican tax and spending law.
Jul
2025
22
7 Michigan Republicans vote to help Trump gut health care for 200,000 Michiganders
Michiganders are bracing for consequences after President Donald Trump signed Republican-led legislation to cut federal funding for Medicaid.
Jul
2025
22
Trump’s budget law will hurt thousands in Michigan—and these Republicans voted for it
From slashing health care and food assistance to cutting clean energy jobs, Trump’s budget will devastate Michigan—and seven GOP lawmakers helped make it law.
Jul
2025
18
Report: Trump’s plan to offload national parks would cost Michigan millions
From massive repair bills to lost tourism revenue, Michigan would be stuck paying the price if Republicans move forward with their plans to dump national parks onto the states.
Jul
2025
9
7 ways Trump’s new budget law will hurt—and literally kill—Michiganders
From slashing health care and food assistance to gutting Michigan’s clean energy future, President Donald Trump’s budget bill poses real risks for Michiganders. Some won’t survive.
Jul
2025
2
7 Michigan Republicans could help Trump gut health care for 500,000 Michiganders
With US House Republicans poised to advance President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful” budget bill into law this week, Michiganders are again urging their representatives in Congress to reject the plan—or else risk 500,000 people losing health care coverage statewide.
Jun
2025
26
Opinion: Proposed budget cuts to Medicaid will harm all of us
A Michigan physician warns of the wide-reaching impacts of cuts to Medicaid.
