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Protesters and Flint police scuffled at the end of the council meeting, amid growing anger among activists over the department's shutting down a protest the day before.
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Northern Michigan school districts forced into extended shutdowns due to massive ice storms this past spring will have a waiver from minimum attendance mandates.
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Stateside takes a driving tour of Dearborn's South End neighborhood to see the current site where industry meets residential, and the future sight of the Greenbelt project.
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Some nursing home workers allege they were fired for participating in a one-day strike last month against one of the largest nursing home operators in the state.
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What can a criminal trial in Grand Rapids can tell us about use of force in Michigan police departments? After that discussion, we uncover a new take on risotto. Then - what it’s like starting over after the worst happens following a dam collapse. And novelist Aram Mrjoian sets his sights on one family tragedy, and some much broader questions about time and distance.
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Flint, Michigan, is nearly finished replacing lead pipes 11 years after the water crisis. Financial struggles still cloud the water system's future.
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Thousands of peonies were found vandalized and cut at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum in Ann Arbor.
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When it comes to media, here's the message: It’s time for a truce between the singular agreement people and the plural agreement people.
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Foreign nationals with $5 million to spare will be able to register for a "gold card" visa that would give them the right to live and work in the U.S. But details about the program remain unclear.
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Each summer, Lake Erie is plagued by toxic cyanobacterial blooms fed by phosphorus runoff from farm fields. Michigan is struggling to reduce the pollution by 40%.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center says a severe geomagnetic storm is possible Sunday night.
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Nine people are running to become Detroit’s next mayor — the first new person to hold the office in over a decade.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed to “rebuild public trust in science.” But scientific groups claim the new administration is having the opposite effect.
The Dish, hosted by Mercedes Mejia, brings you behind the scenes with Michigan’s most inspiring chefs and culinary talents. Learn how food connects these chefs to their cultures, and strengthens our communities, one dish at a time.
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A Michigan grant program to help repair, replace or remove crumbling dams will end this year unless the Legislature extends it.
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The Department of Homeland Security says each jurisdiction on the list will receive formal notification of its noncompliance and potential violations of federal statutes.
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Canadian wildfire smoke returns to Michigan for a brief time — with an advisory for sensitive groupsState meteorology specialists have issued an air quality advisory for sensitive groups due to particulate matter moving in to Michigan Friday night from Canadian wildfires.
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A former Michigan House Speaker and his wife will stand trial on felony charges. That’s after an East Lansing district court judge bound Republican Lee Chatfield and his wife, Stephanie, over for trial Friday morning.
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