Michelle Jokisch Polo
Stateside ProducerMichelle Jokisch Polo is a producer for Stateside. She joins us from WKAR in Lansing, where she reported in both English and Spanish on a range of topics, including politics, healthcare access and criminal justice. Her stories have appeared on NPR, as well as WBUR's Here & Now and Marketplace. Michelle began her career as a journalist as the head reporter at El Vocero Hispano, the largest Hispanic newspaper in Michigan.
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A former detainee says she was repeatedly sexually assaulted at the North Lake Processing Center and that her attempts to alert administrators initially went unheeded. -
Christopher Schurr killed Patrick Lyoya during a struggling that began as a traffic stop in April, 2022. The jury deliberated for a little more than two days. -
Three years ago, Patrick Lyoya was shot and killed by former Grand Rapids Police Department officer Christopher Schurr. -
'We are Christian Latinos, not Latinos Cristianos', behind Latino evangelicals' support for Trump inIn Michigan, Democrats have historically received the vast majority of Latino votes, but the state now is seeing a growing number of these voters cast their ballots for the Republican Party with some being motivated by their Christian values. -
The Michigan Civil Rights commission is taking steps to regulate how companies and governments use artificial intelligence. -
Latinas are the second-largest minority group of women in the workforce. Yet, many are struggling to reap the benefits of their economic potential -
Latino voters in Michigan are a diverse and growing voting bloc with a range of political affiliations and opinions. Can any of the candidates count on this group to push Michigan’s electoral vote left or right? -
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited mid-Michigan Friday. -
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow was in mid-Michigan Thursday touting Biden administration efforts to lower energy costs. -
The new ‘parole in place’ program provides a path to legal status for some 10,000 undocumented immigrants in the state.
