Michigan News from MLive

Is it really February? Warm weather impacts soil health, and threatens a unique sturgeon-fishing season. Some Michigan officials say their "end game" is to ban gender-affirming care for all. Jim Harbaugh is headed to the NFL, while Sherrone Moore inherits a program still under NCAA investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Winter weather has finally arrived in Michigan. Two A.I. students are enrolled at a Michigan University. Homelessness is on the rise across the state, and a housing shortage isn't helping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The wolverines are Rose Bowl champs, while a debacle in Dallas could change the Lions' playoff picture. 200 "orphan wells" were plugged in Michigan last year, and former legislative staff members have been charged with embezzlement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should Michigan ban food waste from landfills? Republican leaders look to oust state party chair Kristina Karamo. A meteorologist predicts why a white Christmas is a pipe dream this year, and a data journalist puts this warm winter into context. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Flood victims in Midland react to last week's court ruling. The Line 5 tunnel project gets state approval. A five year effort to raise the minimum wage for tip workers has its day in court. Travel reporter Emily Bingham shares some ways to make the most of this Michigan winter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Detroit police officer will stand trial for shooting rubber bullets at photojournalists. Two candidates for Senate claim they were offered funds to run against Rep. Rashida Tlaib instead. Michigan State hires a new football coach, while the Wolverines eye the playoffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manoomin (wild rice) could soon be the official state grain. A Traverse City hairstylist is handed a discrimination charge. A long list of legislation passes in lawmaker's final week of 2023. Soccer brings joy to Ukrainian refugees, by way of an Ann Arbor professor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The conflict in Gaza sends ripples through Michigan politics. Menominee's "marijuana turf war" continues. Tuesday's local elections shift the balance of power in Lansing. State regulators are set to take local control away from wind and solar projects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The UAW strike is (almost) over. Halloween saw record snowfall in western Michigan. A dollar store's entire staff quits. Can bass fishing and cornhole save private colleges? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Michigan Wolverines are being investigated for illegal sign-stealing. A typo(?) is stalling a ballot initiative that could raise the minimum wage. Childcare costs are a major hurdle for families across the state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A "homeless bill of rights" is on the table in Lansing. Michigan has a teacher shortage. A ban on bans: homeowner's associations could lose the ability to block rooftop solar and other energy savers. Plus, a new ad campaign looks to bring skilled workers to the Great Lakes State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The world's oldest chicken! But first - Is Michigan on track to meet its climate goals? Another update on the UAW strike, a harmful algal bloom in Muskegon Lake and sights to see in the October night sky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

UAW strike continues. A Native American tribe in western Michigan seeks federal recognition. Miguel Cabrera plays his final game on Sunday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

United Auto Workers strike hits the one week mark. Housing in Ann Arbor: from hippies to high-rises. Division within the Michigan GOP. Enrollment at a major Michigan University hits a 50-year low. Plus, a roundup of football news and upcoming games around the state this weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan tenants say their rent is too high. Tensions build in Ottawa County as the health department pushes back on major budget cuts. Plus a roundup of sports news, with college football and the NFL underway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pizza and politics: Hot N' Ready in Moscow. A 'weed war' in the western Upper Peninsula. A look ahead at college football's opening weekend in Michigan. Meteorologist Mark Torregrossa recaps last week's storms, and looks ahead at September weather. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three men stand trail in Antrim County for their role in the attempted kidnaping of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Many of Michigan's most experienced teachers are calling it quits. Wells are running dry near Ann Arbor; a sand and gravel mind may be to blame. And finally, a rare "blue supermoon" will shine next Wednesday night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pickleball controversy in Kent County. A historic UP waterfall tour could be in its final season. But first: former GOP candidate Matt DePerno is among those charged with trying to undermine 2020 election results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should crossing the Mackinac Bridge be toll-free? Some Michigan lawmakers think so. Plus, artificial intelligence is coming to the Ann Arbor Police Department. Listen until the end to hear about "peppergate" - a spicy mystery in Michigan gardens this summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan News from MLive is back! Tune in every Friday morning to hear from reporters all over the state, as host and producer Patrick Shea brings you an audio round-up of some of MLive's top stories. This week: a rural town tries to stop a major chain store from setting up shop. A Michigan Supreme Court ruling has implications for survivors of catastrophic car crashes. And finally, a rage room is opening in the Flint area: a place to let off steam by smashing things to pieces.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

General Motors offers buyouts to the majority of its 35,000 salaried workers in Michigan, lawmakers move to repeal Michigan's 1931 abortion ban and a study says a zero-calorie sweetener could be linked to health risks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gov. Whitmer signs a $1.3 billion spending bill, the Michigan House passes a bill to codify protections for LGBTQ residents and Michigan is home to the third most popular tourist attraction in the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan's pension tax is repealed, a new report finds Michigan is facing a nearly $4 billion road funding deficit and the IRS is warning filers of tax scams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recent storms have been eating away at Michigan drought, Flint police are investigating a pack of dogs attacking residents and the historic Princess is booking Lake Michigan shoreline cruises for the 2023 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Michigan prison sentencing reform ballot initiative moves forward, fish in two southeast Michigan rivers are loaded with PFAS and Michigan State earns the No. 4 seed in the Big Ten Tournament. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A bill to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination passes the Michigan Senate, the Michigan Supreme Court appears to be the last chance for Flint water prosecutors and Sleeping Bear Dunes goes cashless for entry fees at popular spots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MSU will add door locks and cameras in response to a mass shooting on campus, a new Ford plant planned for Marshall will pay workers an average of $45,000 a year and Ann Arbor tops the list of Michigan cities getting marijuana money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Extra grocery money ends for 1.3 million Michigan SNAP recipients, DTE Energy will send a $35 credit to those without power for four days and Michigan State women's gymnastics teams wins the program's first Big Ten title in a share with the University of Michigan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rep. Elissa Slotkin is the first Democrat to announce a run for Sen. Debbie Stabenow's seat, a study says Michigan outperformed the U.S. in addressing COVID racial disparities and the state will repay student loans in exchange for opioid addiction programs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Houses are staying on the market longer as home sales cool, feds stop shipments of toxic waste to Michigan from an Ohio train derailment and USA Today readers name a Michigan museum the best art museum in the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A package of bills would ban guns at the polls in Michigan, one of five MSU students wounded in a mass shooting has been released from Sparrow Hospital and Michigan could spend another $750 million on a Ford battery plant in Marshall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More Michiganders could become eligible for food benefits, a genetic study suggests there is greater asthma risk for Black people and a historic Detroit auto factory is set to be developed into 161 housing units. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A natural hair discrimination ban gets a renewed push from Black lawmakers, Attorney General Dana Nessel wants utilities to report the money they spend on lobbying and Michigan suspends a marijuana processor, saying its products were made with illicit THC oil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MSU students hold another protest at the Michigan Capitol to call for gun reform, Michigan is awarded nearly $55 million for public housing improvements and a pair of Detroit police officers are dead following an apparent murder-suicide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The condition of two victims of last week's MSU mass shooting has been updated, Michigan nonprofits can apply for a share of $35 million in grants from the state and the tallest lighthouse on the Great Lakes will offer overnight stays this summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan's secretary of state wants to ban guns at polling places in the wake of the MSU mass shooting, Michigan State students petition to move classes online and the DNR warns snowmobilers about potentially poor riding conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MSU students demand action on gun violence during a protest at the Michigan Capitol, a trap is set for invasive sea lamprey at a river that flows into Lake Huron and Upper Peninsula sled dog races are canceled for the first time due to weather. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Police identify the three Michigan State students who were killed in a mass shooting on campus, Michigan Democrats want to prioritize gun reform in the wake of the deadly MSU shooting and Flint officials call for the repeal of Michigan's emergency manager law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ford plans to build a $3.5 billion battery plant in Marshall, Grand Rapids and Kent County need nearly 35,000 new housing units by 2027, and unsafe ice could cut the ice fishing season short in Michigan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Pentagon says an object shot down over Lake Huron had been hovering over the U.P., the fate of Gov. Whitmer's $180 rebate checks could be in trouble and Ann Arbor is ranked as the best place to live in America in 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Michigan House OKs a tax package amid a GOP uproar, preventing LGBTQ discrimination in Michigan just moved one step closer to reality and Perry Johnson is preparing a presidential run with a Super Bowl ad buy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gov. Whitmer proposes the largest budget in Michigan history, a public safety funding increase of $450 million is included in the proposed budget and a welcome center near the Mackinac Bridge reopens after a $409,000 renovation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An investigation is ongoing after false reports of school shootings across Michigan, an increasing rate of pregnant women died in 2020 and a Michigan school group is pushing to label LGBTQ discussions as “rogue sex-ed.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Democratic leaders offer $180 direct checks to Michiganders in a tax package, Michigan kids could get free meals under a Whitmer budget proposal and improvement projects prompt temporary closures at some state parks this summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan leaders announce an agreement on tax cuts, Michigan is awarded $1.8 million to address rural homelessness and more gay men could give blood under a new proposal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A report shows enrollment is stabilizing at Michigan colleges, Michiganders could soon get tax credits for donating blood, and a Michigan woman finds $15,000 in a plastic bag and returns it to police. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan is assembling 1,000-acre “mega sites” to attract big investments, additional grocery assistance will end for 1.3 million Michiganders after February and Senate Democrats push to make Juneteenth a Michigan holiday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs the first spending bill of her second term, Michigan's secretary of state says a $50 million investment is needed for future elections and a small, coastal town in Michigan is listed among the most beautiful in the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reusable takeout containers can help the environment if users follow the rules, a study finds meal size affects weight loss more than when you eat and a former reality TV star is accused of poaching at least 11 deer in Michigan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A record number of Michiganders seek healthcare through the ACA marketplace, 566,000 Michiganders were approved for student debt relief before the plan was blocked and national parks along Lake Superior are the first to plan for full decarbonization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A court stops Michigan's tipped wage from increasing next month, DTE must stop toxic coal ash disposal at two Michigan plants and Senate Democrats move to enact an early presidential primary date for Michigan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices