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Jim Lively has a local food market just minutes from the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in northern Michigan. He’s waiting for the federal money he was promised so he can put solar on the roof and offset the costs of opening up a campsite for RVs in this field.
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Farmers and business owners were promised financial help for energy upgrades. They’re still waiting for the money

Izzy Ross, Katie Myers, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Emily Jones March 25, 2025

Editor's note: This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization; BPR, a public radio station...

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GOP legislators asks SCOTUS to let them sue over Michigan election rules

Rick Pluta March 25, 2025

A group of Republican state lawmakers is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to clear the way for them to challenge...

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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan addresses city employees on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.
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Detroit Evening Report: Duggan to deliver final State of the City address this week

Hernz Laguerre March 24, 2025

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is set to give his final State of the City address on Tuesday.Subscribe to the Detroit...

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Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson shares why he is running for governor of Michigan on MichMash.
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MichMash: Genesee Co. Sheriff Chris Swanson on his gubernatorial run, vision for Democratic Party

Hernz Laguerre March 24, 2025

This week on MichMash, gubernatorial candidate and Genesee County Sheriff Christopher Swanson sat down with Gongwer News Service’s Zach Gorchow...

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Detroit Public Schools Community District Superintendent speaks during a panel discussion in November 2018.
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The Metro: ‘All students’ in Detroit public schools could feel impacts from Department of Education cuts

Robyn Vincent, The Metro March 24, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Education in the U.S. is facing upheaval. The Department of Education...

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Tesla Takedown protestors demonstrate on the sidewalk outside Somerset Mall in Troy.
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Activists gather outside Somerset Mall for ‘Tesla Takedown’ rally

Alex McLenon, Amanda LeClaire March 24, 2025

Dozens of so-called “Tesla Takedown” protests took place around the country over the weekend. One such rally took place at...

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Michigan libraries prepare for impact as Trump moves to eliminate federal library agency

Isabel Gil March 24, 2025

Michigan libraries are some of the latest local institutions preparing for the effects of the Trump Administration’s slashing of federal...

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Miami to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Monday, Jan. 27, 2025.
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Detroit Evening Report: Trump order aims to dismantle US Department of Education; March Madness + more

Hernz Laguerre March 21, 2025

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday calling for the dismantling of the Department of Education.Subscribe to the...

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About 100 unionized health care workers and others who depend on Medicaid demonstrated outside Michigan Republican Congressman John James' office in Warren on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
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Protesters target GOP members of Congress over possible Medicaid cuts

Quinn Klinefelter March 21, 2025

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates lawmakers cannot reach spending targets set in the recent budget proposal narrowly-passed by the...

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Marsha Caspar and Glenna DeJong with Frizzy. They were the first same-sex couple married in Michigan on March 22, 2014, after a federal judge struck down the state’s same-sex marriage ban.
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Saturday marks 11 years since Michigan marriage equality decision

Rick Pluta March 21, 2025

Saturday is the 11-year wedding anniversary for more than 300 gay and lesbian couples who were married in Michigan following...

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President Donald Trump, left, holds up a signed executive order as young people hold up copies of the executive order they signed at an education event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 20, 2025.
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Trump has ordered the dismantling of the Education Department. Here’s what it does

Associated Press March 21, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving to fulfill a campaign promise, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling...

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Law enforcement arrive at Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital in Troy, Mich., Thursday, March 20, 2025.
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Detroit Evening Report: Troy hospital shooting; rally against Medicaid cuts + more

Bre'Anna Tinsley March 20, 2025

Editor's note: The above audio incorrectly states that the Detroit Department of Transportation is seeking $2 million budget increase to...

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