WCMU Highlights

Northern Michigan University criminal justice students are learning how to investigate and prevent poaching.

Michigan ranked among the top 20 states in a report scoring each state on susceptibility to environmental risks and comprehensive clean energy policies, a much higher ranking than neighboring Indiana and Ohio but similar to Wisconsin.

The Michigan House Regulatory Reform Committee opened hearings Thursday on a bill to outlaw medical research and testing on dogs if it could cause “pain or distress.”

The Elk Run Tract, a 236-acre piece of property, will be opening to the public with the help of Michigan's Department of Natural Resources and conservation group Huron Pines.

Michigan bills to crack down on telemarketing would add state penalties for some telemarketers who contact people on the federal do-not-call-list without consent.

A bill adopted Wednesday by the state House would make it easier for defendants to get lawsuits dismissed if they’re meant silence critics of powerful business or government interests.

U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Caledonia, spoke to voters over the phone Wednesday about the government shutdown, immigration and other subjects.

The Michigan Department of Transportation is proposing rules to limit camping, panhandling and long-term stays on its properties.

A firm trial date has finally been set for Lee Chatfield and his wife, Stephanie Chatfield, who are facing charges of running a criminal enterprise and embezzling large sums of money from the former Michigan House speaker’s non-profit campaign and organizing funds. The trial, however, won’t commence until this time next year.

Western and Indigenous knowledge can help revive the lake sturgeon population, according to a new study by researchers, including ones from the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and the Bay Mills Indian Community.