House, Senate budget chiefs: Hopeful, but no promises on spending plan

Interlochen Public Radio
The Michigan House and Senate budget leaders say they’re hopeful a state budget can be done by the October 1 start of the fiscal year.
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Lieutenant governor, Democratic lawmakers make case to protect school lunch spending

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The lieutenant governor and some Democratic lawmakers passed out lunches to elementary school students Tuesday in the capital city.
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Michigan lawmakers introduce bills to tackle microplastics in the Great Lakes

Michigan lawmakers introduce bills to tackle microplastics in the Great Lakes
Great Lakes Commission
Lawmakers in the Michigan House and Senate introduced several bills last week to crack down on microplastics in the Great Lakes. Specifically, the proposed legislation aims to limit pollution and […]
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Corrections officer union says mid-Michigan prison saw rash of violence in July

Interlochen Public Radio
There were 15 assaults on staff and another 25 on prisoners at the St Louis Facility, according to the union's report.
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Granholm on state budget stalemate, political divisions, and Duggan’s bid for governor

Interlochen Public Radio
The former Michigan governor worked through budget standoffs — and brief partial government shutdowns — in 2007 and 2009. She shares her thoughts.
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Michigan GOP gathers Up North to honor late Sen. George McManus

Interlochen Public Radio
he event, hosted at the Great Wolf Lodge, doubled as a kind of pep rally for the 2026 election, when Michigan will elect a new governor and senator.
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Michigan’s island schools desperate for teachers. Is building homes the answer?

Interlochen Public Radio
n vacation hotspots, schools struggle to find teachers because housing is often well beyond their pay. A bill in Lansing aims to address that.
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Michigan speaker says he’s OK with delay, but Medicaid cuts are coming

Interlochen Public Radio
Governor Gretchen Whitmer wants a waiver to delay the impacts of Medicaid cuts on Michiganders. State House Speaker Matt Hall says that's OK, as long as the cuts happen.
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Shipping industry, boaters fear risks of cuts to federal Great Lakes programs

Shipping industry, boaters fear risks of cuts to federal Great Lakes programs
Great Lakes Commission
he federal funding that pays for much of Great Lakes water, weather and ice cover monitoring is at risk in the Trump administration’s proposed NOAA budget for 2026, while the […]
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A Good, Not Great Lake

Interlochen Public Radio
Lake Champlain is more than 16 times smaller than Lake Ontario, the smallest Great Lake. But in 1998, Congress designated Lake Champlain as the sixth Great Lake, teeing off a historical and cultural fight over which lakes can really call themselves Great.
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‘We put a man on the moon faster:’ Money for Great Lakes icebreaker omitted from Trump’s big bill

‘We put a man on the moon faster:’ Money for Great Lakes icebreaker omitted from Trump’s big bill
Great Lakes Commission
Several Great Lakes advocacy groups have called for a second Great Lakes icebreaker which could help open up commerce on the Great Lakes during the winter. The funding was briefly […]
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