WCMU Highlights

Governor Gretchen Whitmer spoke out Wednesday against a Republican budget proposal that could force big cuts to federal spending, including popular programs like Medicaid.

Michigan’s income tax rate could drop by a fraction of a percentage point under a bill passed in the state House of Representatives Tuesday.

A Michigan House Committee could forward a Republican road funding plan to the full House floor Tuesday.

WCMU Public Media is excited to be partnering with Central Michigan University's sports photography class this semester to showcase the work of student journalists. Under the direction of Jeffery Sauger, students are tasked with attending a variety of sporting events in the Mount Pleasant area to learn what it's like to be in the field and turn photos on deadline.

Despite the postmaster general resigning, a plan to cut back services will move forward this year.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is calling it the "greatest day of deregulation our nation has ever seen." But Michigan environmental groups don't think this is cause for celebration.

This is the first time cougar cubs have been verified since the big cats were hunted out of existence in Michigan in the early 1900s.

Michigan’s January jobs report held a mixed bag as the state gained jobs but not enough to stave off an increase in the state’s monthly unemployment to 5.3%. That’s an increase of one-tenth of a percentage point from the December rate.

The Michigan Senate passed its two-bill spending plan to close the books on the state’s last budget Thursday.One bill redirects money from the previous fiscal year to account for differences between planned and actual costs when it comes to Medicaid, veterans' homes, and other areas. The other refocuses $3.3 million in Federal Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds toward the state’s Community College Academic Catch-Up Program.

The cancellation of two programs will affect more than $1 billion in expected funding this year. Food advocates worry the cuts are coming when other federal food programs are at risk.