WCMU Highlights

A ballot proposal being circulated would raise personal income taxes for high earners to generate an estimated $1 billion a year in extra funding for public education.

Almost 25% of fatal crashes in the state are drug-related. Legislation languishing in a Senate committee would allow officers to use roadside tests to determine whether to arrest someone for drugged driving, just as such tests are used for suspected drunken drivers.

A national Democratic party group is focusing resources on Michigan’s 35th state Senate District. Analysts have framed the mid-Michigan area as a bellwether for the country’s political climate.

An order issued earlier this week is the fourth time the U.S. Energy Department has extended operations of Consumers Energy's J.H. Campbell power plant in Ottawa County.

George-Griffin is WCMU's new rural life & agriculture reporter. The Mount Pleasant native returns home after graduating from Michigan State University and working for WDET, the Detroit Free Press and Eye On Michigan.

A plan to prepare Michigan for the possibility of a federal constitutional convention got a state House committee hearing Thursday.

In a press conference Thursday afternoon, elected officials, faith leaders, and immigrant rights advocates voiced their concern about the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s expansion into Michigan communities.

Businessman Matthew DenOtter filed to run in Michigan's 1st Congressional District GOP primary earlier this month. He's looking to unseat incumbent U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, who's held the seat since 2016.

Networks Northwest, an economic development agency, collaborated with various business leaders in the 10-county region to conduct the survey.

Given dramatic changes in federal energy policy and spending, as well as possible reduction in state financial support for alternative energy projects, is Michigan still on target to reach its clean energy goals?