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A conversation about what you need to know after Congress voted to claw back federal funds from public media. Also, how to make live theater more accessible for neurodiverse audiences. Plus, The Dish heads up North with a mother-daughter team serving up fry bread —a Native American flatbread with a complex history. -
John McGraw Photog - stock.adobe.com/532976288All five mayoral candidates spoke to Michigan Public about their priorities for the state's sixth largest city. The top two vote getters in the nonpartisan race will advance to the general election.
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Citizens across the country joined protests against the Trump administration on the anniversary of the death of Congressman John Lewis, who died on June 17 five years ago. -
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy is taking comments and has scheduled virtual meetings for the public regarding permits to build a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac for the oil and natural gas liquids pipeline, Line 5. -
Michigan Public’s Sarah Cwiek discusses how Trump administration policy could affect U.S.-produced steel. Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor consider updating their zoning laws to allow more population density. A Michigan mom talks about her son’s experience coming out as transgender. And a brief segment about observing flight paths up north. -
The Senate voted to approve the $9 billion rescission package early Thursday. -
CDC staffers worry $140 million in grants could fail to reach state and local overdose programs. The White House officials say the dollars will arrive but won't say when. -
Twenty states, including Michigan, have joined in a lawsuit to block cuts by the Trump administration to a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) program designed to help protect communities from natural disasters. -
Michigan’s 35th State Senate District has been vacant for 194 days. We spoke with Nancy Kaffer, Opinion Editor at The Detroit Free Press to understand why. Also, a conversation about bike-strolling through Detroit.
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An open U.S. Senate seat, legislative inaction and the Whitmer/Trump relationship: The It’s Just Politics team takes stock of the first six months of 2025 with a look at the top three Michigan politics stories of the year so far. -
Michigan has joined more than 20 other states in a lawsuit against the Trump administration for freezing education grants. The funds frozen in Michigan total around $171 million. $6.8 billion of federal funding that had previously been approved by Congress has been frozen across the country.
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Michigan’s attorney general is co-leading a letter to Congress asking it to pass a law to keep Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from hiding their identity while in the field.ICE officers have received scrutiny in recent months for wearing plainclothes and masks and allegedly not identifying themselves as law enforcement during raids.
