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Lansing found a way to reduce gun violence. But the Trump administration is pulling the plug
The city of Lansing invested in a program that reaches the people most likely to pick up a gun. It worked. But now Trump’s Department of Justice is abruptly pulling its support.
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Group launches ballot initiative to fund public schools by taxing wealthy Michiganders
BY BEN SOLIS, MICHIGAN ADVANCE MICHIGAN—Underfunded public schools continue to be a political football in the Michigan Legislature, but a new coalition announced Thursday has a potential solution: taxing wealthy Michiganders and using the money to pay for schools. The coalition, Invest in MI Kids, is seeking to place a proposal on the November 2026…
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Chinese college students in Michigan among those nationwide facing direct threats of visa revocation
The immigration status of thousands of Chinese international students housed in Michigan, and hundreds of thousands across the country, is under intense threat from federal officials which could lead to future deportations if they decide to take action.
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Judge overturns Michigan’s 24-hour waiting period before an abortion
A judge on Tuesday struck down Michigan’s 24-hour waiting period before an abortion, saying it conflicts with a voter-approved amendment that locked abortion rights in the state constitution in 2022.
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5 quick hits of cannabis news from across Michigan
Weed waits for no one. And in Michigan, the pace of cannabis-related headlines is only speeding up.
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A wrong turn onto a bridge at the US-Canada border has a Detroit woman facing deportation
A woman from Guatemala says she and her two US-born children were held for nearly a week by customs agents in Detroit after a phone app’s directions to the nearest Costco led them to an international bridge connecting the city to Canada.
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Michigan’s top lawyer is suing the hell out of the Trump administration
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel just launched a new online tracker to document every lawsuit, legal brief, and fight she’s picked with the Trump administration.
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US Army engineers decide to fast-track Great Lakes tunnel permits under Trump energy emergency order
The US Army Corps of Engineers has decided to fast-track permits for building a protective tunnel around an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, stoking environmentalists’ fears that the project will escape scrutiny, damage the sensitive region and perpetuate fossil fuel use.
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5 quick hits of cannabis news from across Michigan
The grass is always greener in the Mitten, especially when it comes to cannabis news.
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Trump revokes visas, legal residency of international students at Michigan universities
International students studying at several universities across Michigan have been thrust into legal limbo after the Trump administration abruptly revoked their visas and legal residency status.
