Legislation to overturn Michigan’s red flag laws that allow judges to remove guns from people deemed dangerous has been introduced in the GOP-controlled state House. State Rep. James DeSana …
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Jon King (via Michigan Advance)
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3/5/25
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A Lakota organizer said in a video deposition played to jurors Monday that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe led the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, not Greenpeace. Nick Tilsen, an Oglala …
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Mary Steurer (via Michigan Advance)
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3/5/25
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President Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to the federal workforce and government spending have reverberated across Indian Country, leaving tribes with deep uncertainty about their health clinics, …
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Alex Brown (via Michigan Advance)
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3/5/25
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“Trump is sending migrants from the U.S. to Guantanamo. One mother speaks out about her son’s detention.” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization …
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Gerardo del Valle, Perla Trevizo, Mica Rosenberg (via Michigan Advance)
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3/5/25
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Ukraine took center stage during the latest protest at the Michigan State Capitol Tuesday, less than a week after a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr …
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Andrew Roth (via Michigan Advance)
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3/4/25
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In its first meeting of the new legislative session, members of the House Energy Committee took testimony Tuesday morning on a resurrected package of bills aimed at expanding research, development …
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Kyle Davidson (via Michigan Advance)
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3/4/25
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This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on …
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Hayley Harding, Votebeat (via Michigan Advance)
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3/4/25
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Like many Americans who voted for Donald Trump, Jason Rouse hopes the president’s return will mean lower prices for gas, groceries, and other essentials. But Rouse is looking to the federal …
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Noam Levey (via Michigan Advance)
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3/4/25
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined an emergency application to Michigan’s Supreme Court seeking to overturn an appeals court decision that struck down the state’s anti-terrorism …
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Jon King (via Michigan Advance)
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3/4/25
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This story was originally published in Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ-focused investigative news outlet. At the 2022 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships, Riley Gaines’ and Lia …
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Hope Pisoni (via Michigan Advance)
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3/4/25
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Illinois state Sen. Mark Walker already was working on legislation to bolster the state’s protections for consumers. But now that President Donald Trump has attacked the federal government’s …
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Kevin Hardy (via Michigan Advance)
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3/4/25
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The University of Michigan has begun preparing for potential budget cuts following an announcement from the Social Security Administration that it would be ending its cooperative agreements …
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Kyle Davidson (via Michigan Advance)
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3/3/25
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A man in a South Carolina prison who posed as a teenage girl on a dating site in order to extort a victim in Michigan was found guilty by a federal jury in Kalamazoo Friday. The man, Glenn Daeward …
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Anna Liz Nichols (via Michigan Advance)
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3/3/25
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This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The proposed Copperwood Mine in the Upper Peninsula has received a new air …
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Izzy Ross, IPR (via Michigan Advance)
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3/3/25
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week about who decides if prisoners have exhausted all of their available remedies when filing grievances, weighing the scopes of the …
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Victoria Ryan (via Michigan Advance)
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3/3/25
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State departments of agriculture say they welcome an expected federal infusion of up to $1 billion to fight bird flu, including millions of dollars for biosecurity measures on farms, and repayments …
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Nada Hassanein (via Michigan Advance)
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3/3/25
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Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said she will work with lawmakers on election security legislation that would help guard against noncitizens casting ballots, but opposes a …
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Hayley Harding, Votebeat (via Michigan Advance)
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3/3/25
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A Michigan judge is set to decide whether former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield and his wife will go to trial in an embezzlement probe linked to their political nonprofit after a preliminary …
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Anna Liz Nichols (via Michigan Advance)
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2/28/25
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Nine bills approved during last year’s Democrat-controlled Legislature remain in limbo after a Michigan judge ruled the state Constitution requires the new Republican leadership in the House to …
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Anna Liz Nichols (via Michigan Advance)
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2/28/25
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U.S. Sens. Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield Township) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) and U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Watersmeet) reintroduced bills in the U.S. House and Senate in hopes of resolving …
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Kyle Davidson (via Michigan Advance)
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2/27/25
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