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The Metro: Should cellphones be restricted in Michigan schools?

David Leins, Cary Junior II, Trevor McConico, The Metro March 3, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Educators have been sounding the alarm that cellphones disrupt learning. More...

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers her 2025 State of the State address.
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MichMash: Whitmer’s penultimate State of the State, calls for bipartisanship and road proposals

Hernz Laguerre February 28, 2025

Governor Gretchen Whitmer delivered her second-to-last State of the State address and she urged Michiganders toward unity and togetherness. This...

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Michigan DNR prepares for wildfire season

Pat Batcheller February 27, 2025

Michigan averages more than 200 wildfires per year. The Department of Natural Resources says fires burned almost 1,500 acres statewide...

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers her 2025 State of the State address.
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Whitmer asks for bipartisan cooperation, positivity in State of the State speech               

Rick Pluta February 27, 2025

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says divided government in Lansing should not stop Democrats and Republicans from finding ways to get things...

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers her fifth State of the State address on Jan. 25, 2023.
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Detroit Evening Report: Whitmer to deliver State of the State Wednesday night

Jerome Vaughn February 26, 2025

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will deliver her seventh State of the State address at 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Feb. 26.Subscribe...

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The Metro: Federal education funding cuts could impact vulnerable Michigan students the most

The Metro, Robyn Vincent February 24, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Education advocates in Michigan have been sounding the alarm about the...

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FILE - Michigan Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth T. Clement listens during oral arguments at the Michigan Hall of Justice, Dec. 4, 2024, in Lansing, Mich.
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Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice announces she is stepping down

Associated Press February 24, 2025

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court announced Wednesday that she is stepping down from...

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Inmates sue MDOC for alleged forced labor, gender discrimination

Colin Jackson February 19, 2025

Inmates in Michigan’s only prison for women are suing the state Department of Corrections for alleged forced labor and gender...

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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel appears on WDET's state politics podcasts, "MichMash."
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MichMash: Michigan AG discusses legal challenges to Trump, open US Senate seat

Hernz Laguerre February 14, 2025

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer coined the phrase "Fix the damn roads" while on the campaign trail in 2018. But as she...

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Demonstrators protesting in downtown Detroit in response to a leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Civil trial on Michigan’s ‘informed consent’ abortion law opens

Rick Pluta February 14, 2025

Arguments in a legal challenge to abortion restrictions that remain on the books in Michigan opened Thursday before a Michigan...

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Whitmer road plan includes marijuana tax

Rick Pluta February 11, 2025

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer released a road-and-transportation funding proposal Monday that includes a new tax on marijuana products, more revenue from...

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Two lake sturgeon speared during the Feb. 1, 2025 limited season.
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Michigan’s limited sturgeon season broke records for participation, fastest time

Teresa Homsi February 10, 2025

Editor's note: This story was produced for the ear and designed to be heard. If you're able, WCMU encourages you...

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