10+ hour, 33+ min ago  (243+ words) Issues & Ale: Beyond The Shore Wednesday, May 20, 2026 The Warehouse at River's Edge Brewing Co. 125 S Main St #700, Milford, MI 48381 A free Michigan Public event - watch in-person or from home Register Here You could be forgiven for mistaking the Great Lakes…...

8+ mon, 8+ hour ago  (521+ words) Nearly two dozen states have passed laws regulating how tech companies collect data from our faces, eyes and voices. It comes as Congress has yet to pass any facial recognition technology....

8+ hour, 11+ min ago  (624+ words) Facial recognition technology is being implemented in some schools across Michigan, including the Detroit Public Schools Community District. It's using Visitor Aware, a facial recognition technology meant to identify and verify visitors. The parent company of the technology, Singlewire Software,…...

11+ hour, 43+ min ago  (614+ words) The state-funded program aims to support up to 80 children this spring and summer. It provides funds for coaching, curriculum, and materials. advocates hope home-based providers will become a key part of Michigan'spre-K expansion....

16+ hour, 57+ min ago  (247+ words) Sixty mile per hour winds knocked down trees and limbs in West Michigan Monday afternoon, leaving 83, 000 Consumers Energy customers without power. The utility says they deployed 500 crews and restored power to 30, 000 customers overnight. Brian Wheeler is a spokesperson with Consumers…...

20+ hour, 45+ min ago  (828+ words) Thousands of people took to the streets of Minneapolis after immigration officers shot and killed a local nurse named Alex Pretti in January " among them was a recently retired immigration court judge. "A life had been lost, and so I…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (487+ words) The state House Judiciary Committee has voted to advance a pair of bills that would prohibit those on the state's sex offender registry from working at businesses that primarily serve minors. The bills are sponsored by Representative Matt Bierlein (R-Vassar)....

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (49+ words) Researchers say more wolves are roaming a remote Lake Superior island, using moose as one of their primary food sources. Isle Royale is a 134, 000-acre island in far western Lake Superior between Grand Marais, Minnesota, and Thunder Bay, Canada. Scientists…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (262+ words) A new University of Michigan study finds Michiganders who enrolled in expanded Medicaid health coverage also improved their financial health. The Healthy Michigan program expanded more than a decade ago." Dr. Nora Becker is a primary care doctor and health…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (1035+ words) For the hundreds of people held in immigration detention across Michigan, bond is one of the only ways out. But it can be expensive. The minimum bond amount an immigration judge can set is $1, 500 " about double the average monthly car…...