Michigan has more than 200,000 wild turkeys. The state just made it easier to get a fall hunting license.
Fall turkey hunting just got easier in Michigan. What to know
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Great Lakes mussel research starved of funds as whitefish vanish
Quagga mussels deplete food and nutrients from waters, threatening to drive whitefish extinct. But scientists looking for a solution are working on a shoestring budgets, as much more money is devoted to other invasive species.
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Can Michigan save beloved whitefish? Fate hinges on uphill bid to kill mussels
Decades into the mussel invasion, whitefish are on brink of collapse. Scientists are working on a Hail Mary bid to save the fish, using tarps, paint scrapers and a 1,200-pound steel plate.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Give Michigan school reforms time and money to succeed
No doubt, academic performance can be better. But we have the tools we need to improve after years of disinvestment, mismanagement and constantly changing reforms.
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Opinion | Don’t be fooled, Michigan. Medicaid cuts will impact your care
In Michigan, Medicaid serves more than 2.6 million people, including 2 in 5 children and 3 in 5 nursing home residents. There’s a good chance you know someone who relies on it.
Posted inMichigan Government
Complaints mount as Whitmer waits on vacant Michigan Senate seat
As Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delays calling a special election for a vacant Senate seat, even fellow Democrats are publicly complaining: ‘We’re being taxed, but we have no representative.’
Posted inMichigan Government
Michigan voters to decide local elections, school bonds, more. What to know
Michigan voters can head to the polls Tuesday to decide local races and ballot proposals. Here’s what to know about the issues and election laws.
Posted inMichigan Government
Michigan lawmakers pitch earmarks — including a critic who called them ‘quid pro quo’
In a first, Michigan lawmakers defended pet project earmark requests in public hearings. Republicans touted transparency, but Democrats decried ‘delay tactics’ amid budget stalemate.
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Opinion | Michigan’s education system needs structural reform now
Our independent study found that the current system of state-level educational governance in Michigan is broken. The status quo is failing Michigan’s children.
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Michigan weather radar blindspots meant no warning for Deckerville tornado
Deckerville residents received no warning before a tornado touched down on Saturday. That’s because blindspots in Michigan’s weather radar network prevented meteorologists from seeing it form.