Kalamazoo-based poet Diane Seuss has been writing acclaimed works of literature for decades, and this month she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her evocative memoir, frank:sonnets.

Additional money brings the total amount to start cleanups to $4 million for more than 170 sites.

On today’s show, we discussed what took place at the recent Livingston County Republican Lincoln Day dinner, and talked with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Diane Seuss. Plus, reporter Dustin Walsh joined to talk IVF under Roe v. Wade and baby formula supplies, and lastly Cheers! returned with a new spring-time libation.

If you like lavender, this martini reimagination is for you.

Highland Park and the Great Lakes Water Authority have been battling in court for years. The city contends that it should only be paying rates agreed to in 1996, when the city of Detroit provided its water. Last year, Highland Park stopped putting water payments in escrow, supposedly because of the overcharges.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is waiting to find out whether the Michigan Supreme Court will hear her challenge to Michigan's dormant abortion law that would take effect if Roe v. Wade is overturned. The governor has asked the state Supreme Court to bypass lower courts and declare that Michigan's 1931 law violates the state constitution.

Some Flint residents have expressed frustration with the complicated claim process. To address this issue, lawyers will spend Saturday and Sunday at the Flint Development Center on Martin Luther King Avenue answering questions and helping people organize their paperwork.

Almost six months afterward, it's more of a legal push/pull and less of a tragedy. Just like all those other school shootings.