WCMU Highlights

"We don't have a clear answer from Dow as to how many employees in Midland are going to be affected," Dave Clark, editor of the Midland Daily News, said.

The Michigan Legislative Black Caucus is calling for “reparative justice” bills that would create a state office to serve American descendants of slavery and launch a reparations commission.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has rejected an activist's challenge to the state law against interfering with on-duty law enforcement.

Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist visted Alpena on Wednesday as part of his campaign to be elected Secretary of State this November.

Local activists and residents are growing impatient as the U.S. military delays clean up at PFAs contamination sites in Oscoda and Grayling. Plus, a new proposal from the EPA aims to rollback regulations on the forever chemical.

The Michigan Senate approved bills Thursday to offer up millions of dollars in tax breaks for developers to build affordable housing.

The bills would cap water usage, make data center projects pay up front for at least 20 years of power costs, and limit public officials’ ability to sign non-disclosure agreements for projects.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is calling the move a "victory" for the Detroit region. The New York Times is reporting the Romulus location is one of seven nationwide ICE is looking to sell.

Thirty six state senators and 10 state representatives signed letters on June 10 and 11 asking the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) to expand pay raises for starting correction officers to all correction facilities in the state. This comes after MDOC announced that it would increase the starting pay to $10,000 yearly for five corrections facilities in the Upper Peninsula.

Biologists from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Michigan State University are heading to the deepest point of Lake Superior to understand why so many of these trout appear emaciated.