Michigan Public

07/11/2025

Scattered across Great Lakes shores in Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Ontario, Great Lakes piping plovers are nesting and reproducing this year. Since being put on the Endangered Species Act list in 1984, the plovers are recovering, but only with the protection and assistance of a significant coalition of people and organizations, ranging from universities, volunteer groups, Audubon Great Lakes, zoos, and state, federal, and provincial governmental agencies.

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07/11/2025

The common loon, Fe, has broken records again with the arrival of loon chicks 43 and 44. Fe is the "world's most productive" loon known to exist.

07/11/2025

The Oxford High School shooter has asked the Michigan Supreme Court to order a new hearing before a judge to reduce his sentence of life with no chance of parole.

07/11/2025

A third Democrat has announced a bid to run against Michigan Republican U.S. Representative Tom Barrett in one of the battleground state's most competitive districts.

07/11/2025

At a time when the state is seeing a surge in vaccine-preventable illnesses in kids, the state's trying to figure out why more parents are delaying or skipping vaccines.

07/11/2025

Auchter: "If, as Karl Marx is often paraphrased, religion is the op**te for the masses, then major league sports may just be the alcoholic beverage. Think about it. People have always turned to focus on their favorite teams for a refreshing respite, but especially during difficult times."

Full commentary: t.ly/FUpfO

07/11/2025

A judge has rejected a challenge to Michigan's longtime ban on taxpayer-funded abortions for low-income residents, saying a group that brought the lawsuit had no standing to file it.

A judge has rejected a challenge to Michigan’s ban on taxpayer-funded abortions for low-income residents.

07/11/2025

The Great Lakes piping plover recovery effort has been ongoing since the mid-1980s when the population got as low as a dozen nesting pairs. This year, the number reached 85 nesting pairs for the first time.

07/11/2025

Republicans and Democrats have proposed different multi-billion-dollar road funding plans this year, but the "Big Beautiful Bill" may force legislators to divert funding aimed at fixing the roads toward other items. State Senator Sean McCann (D-Kalamazoo) said the bill has “injected uncertainty and chaos” into state budget planning. Read more at michiganpublic.org.

07/10/2025

The chair of the state House Oversight Committee says its inquiry into possible misuse of a $20 million economic development grant might be slowed by a criminal investigation.

07/10/2025

Moves by the Trump administration, such as delaying the implementation of stricter rules on harmful emissions for two years or a provision in the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" which subsidizes metallurgical coal, puts a cleaner vision for a strong domestic steel industry in jeopardy, according to some experts. Read more at michiganpublic.org to find out how it may impact southeast Michigan communities.

07/10/2025

The Trump administration has recently taken two steps which put a cleaner vision for a strong domestic steel industry in jeopardy, according to some analysts.