Stateside Staff

A guide on how Michigan's legislature works, indigenous sugar bash practices, the over-assessment of Detroit's poorest properties, and the "art" of Zingerman's.

What reopening the Palisades nuclear power plant might mean for nearby communities, where hemlock wooly adelgids are found in Michigan and how they are managed, and a look at the Laurentide Ice Sheet's history in the Great Lakes.

A mild winter means Michigan ticks got busy.

Ronna McDaniel's dismissal from NBC, a camp for kids who have lost a loved one to suicide opening up in Ortonville this September, the EPA's new emission standards and how they might impact US automakers, and efforts to upcycle prom dresses in Elk Rapids.

Governor Whitmer on support for mifepristone, the state of marijuana research in Michigan, and Anne Curzan's new "funner" book.

Getting Michiganders ready for the coming solar eclipse, tourist season, and construction season compete in Traverse City, and we visit the studio of a Grand Rapids-based multimedia artist.

Today on Stateside, tick talk, a lab in Detroit experimenting with biomaterial alternatives, and a preview of the next selection for Michigan Public's book club.

A potential chemical recycling facility opening up in west Michigan, a church in Lansing pitching in on reparations for Black residents, tourism in Traverse City, a conversation with the late associate director of the University of Michigan's Biological Station, and a tight congressional race in Saginaw.

The impacts of tariffs on cars from Chinese automakers, a new graphic novel on the fallibility of the mind and body, and how an adoptee from Detroit found his distant relatives in Finland.

Gotion's lawsuit against Green Charter Township, why Automotive News has decided to no longer classify Tesla as a luxury brand, and a closer look at bills that would simplify the state’s adoption records system.