The state health department has issued a “standing recommendation" intended to allow anyone 6 months and older to get this year’s COVID-19 shot, despite recent FDA restrictions limiting the vaccine to those at “higher risk.”

What goes into a rescue at the Sleeping Bear Dunes, and how to not need one yourself.

Too often Detroit gets overlooked, but not on Oct. 9! Join us at Detroit Story Fest, a live storytelling night that puts award-winning journalism on stage, featuring @michiganpublic.bsky.social, @wdet.bsky.social, @freep.com, your friends at Outlier Media and more. 💛 🤍 🎟️: bit.ly/DETStoryFest

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This fall, your support matters more than ever. With the loss of federal funding, nearly all the resources that keep trusted local news, cultural programming, and emergency information on the air now come directly from listeners like you. michiganpublic.org/givenow

College sports are changing fast. On Sept. 25, @johnubacon.bsky.social and I will lead a @michiganpublic.bsky.social discussion. Guests include UM's Executive G.M. of N.I.L. Terése Whitehead and @goldengrizzlies.bsky.social Athletic Dir. Steve Waterfield. www.michiganpublic.org/station-news...

The lieutenant governor and some Lansing lawmakers passed out lunches to elementary school students in the capital city Tuesday. While the Democratic policymakers served meals, the appearance itself served as a platform to talk about the next state budget.

A series of Michigan Supreme Court rulings are giving people convicted of murder as young adults the chance at resentencing, sparking hope for some and fear for others.

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This week on @michiganpublic.bsky.social, @johnubacon.bsky.social and I looked at the penalties for Michigan football after the NCAA's investigation into the sign-stealing scandal exposed in 2023. You can read or listen... www.michiganpublic.org/sports/2025-...

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🥓 on ⚾️🏈 -> On @michiganpublic.bsky.social, @johnubacon.bsky.social & I looked at the Tigers’ trade deadline moves, Michigan’s QB questions, and surprising tradition changes at another Big Ten school. The fastest 5️⃣ minutes in public radio sports. Read or listen… www.michiganpublic.org/sports/2025-...

Fall turkey hunting in Michigan just got easier. Here's what's new this season 🦃:

The race for Detroit’s next mayor will pit City Council President Mary Sheffield and megachurch leader Solomon Kinloch, the top two vote-getters in Tuesday’s nonpartisan primary.

Lansing Mayor Andy Schor will be on the November ballot as he seeks a third term leading the capital city. He will face Kelsea Hector, who leads a Lansing nonprofit.

44 percent of the ballots cast in Tuesday’s Flint City Council election were for write-in candidates. Easily more votes than for either of the two candidates - Beverly Biggs-Leavy and AC Dumas - whose names were on the ballot.

Mary Sheffield, Detroit’s City Council president, has advanced to the November election that will decide who will succeed popular three-term Mayor Mike Duggan, who is not seeking reelection.

Michigan has joined a multistate lawsuit over the Trump administration's freeze on federally approved funding for EV charging infrastructure. Here's what's at stake🔋:

Many Michigan mobile home park residents are facing a basic but urgent issue: access to safe drinking water. Here's what's happening and why it's so hard to fix 💦:

A new MSU study found that some butterfly species are declining across the Midwest...and none are seeing population growth. What's behind the trend? 🦋

Wildfire smoke from Canada is once again impacting Michigan's air quality. Here's what's causing it...and how to stay safe:

What screams “Michigan summer” to you? Sand dunes, fireflies, driving with the windows down listening to Bob Seger?

Michigan health officials are trying to combat confusion about the COVID-19 vaccine, with the state health department issuing guidance Monday for pregnant women and healthy kids six months and older to continue getting the shot. You can read the full story: www.michiganpublic.org/health/2025-...

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is part of a federal lawsuit challenging a Trump administration rule that places new demands on states and families receiving food assistance benefits.

Since 2021, Michigan public libraries have “confronted an unprecedented rise in coordinated attempts to ban books, restrict access to ideas, and undermine a core tenet of public libraries: to serve everyone, without bias or exclusion,” the petition reads.

If you could bottle one Michigan scent forever...what would it be? Summer bonfires and bug spray? A lake breeze at dusk? Mackinac fudge? Drop your pick 👇🏾 #MichiganMondays

Join our team! Michigan Public is looking for an ambitious, audience-savvy Senior Environment Reporter to lead our multiplatform coverage of Michigan's environmental issues. Apply today or find out more here: www.michiganpublic.org/station-news...

The federal Department of Education will unfreeze billions of dollars that had been scheduled to be given to K-12 schools and adult education programs by July 1, before it was abruptly withheld. That includes some $171 million in funding to Michigan.

West Michigan is home to the largest system of dunes anywhere in the world. Scientists are still unlocking the dunes' secrets. Hear the story: www.michiganpublic.org/2025-07-28/f...

West Michigan is home to the largest system of dunes anywhere in the world. Scientists are still unlocking the dunes' secrets.

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Sean McCann is hoping to move on from his Kalamazoo state Senate seat to Washington D.C. in next year’s mid-term election. McCann announced Monday he’s running for the Democratic Party’s nomination in Michigan’s 4th congressional district race.

The common loon, Fe, has broken records again with the arrival of loon chicks 43 and 44. Fe is the "world's most productive" loon known to exist.

The Oxford High School shooter has asked the Michigan Supreme Court to order a new hearing before a judge to reduce his sentence of life with no chance of parole.

A third Democrat has announced a bid to run against Michigan Republican U.S. Representative Tom Barrett in one of the battleground state's most competitive districts.

At a time when the state is seeing a surge in vaccine-preventable illnesses in kids, the state's trying to figure out why more parents are delaying or skipping vaccines. www.michiganpublic.org/health/2025-...

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Auchter: "If, as Karl Marx is often paraphrased, religion is the opiate for the masses, then major league sports may just be the alcoholic beverage. Think about it." Full commentary: t.ly/4scer

A judge has rejected a challenge to Michigan's longtime ban on taxpayer-funded abortions for low-income residents, saying a group that brought the lawsuit had no standing to file it. abortions

The Great Lakes piping plover recovery effort has been ongoing since the mid-1980s when the population got as low as a dozen nesting pairs. This year, the number reached 85 nesting pairs for the first time.

The chair of the state House Oversight Committee says its inquiry into possible misuse of a $20 million economic development grant might be slowed by a criminal investigation.

The Trump administration has recently taken two steps which put a cleaner vision for a strong domestic steel industry in jeopardy, according to some analysts.

It wasn’t just a state budget that the legislature didn’t get done before leaving the Capitol last week, there still isn’t a deal on road funding. What happens next? Plus, a month to go before Detroit’s mayoral primary. @rickpluta.bsky.social

Republicans and Democrats have proposed different multi-billion-dollar road funding plans this year. But massive federal funding cuts to state level social programs, like Medicaid, may force some of that funding to go elsewhere.

Italian confectioner Ferrero, known for brands like Nutella and Kinder, is buying the century-old U.S. cereal company WK Kellogg in a deal valued at approximately $3.1 billion. t.ly/deq4o

Gila monster research helped spawn recent medications for diabetes and weight loss like Ozempic. So when Pebbles, a resident at the Creature Conservancy in Ann Arbor, needed help, it only seemed fair that a pharmaceutical expert stepped in. For more: t.ly/kNNii

Last week, President Donald Trump signed legislation into law slashing a trillion dollars in federal funding for state Medicaid programs over the next decade.

Stateside | The Women’s National Basketball Association has selected the city of Detroit as the new home of a women’s professional basketball team set to debut in 2029. The news marks the second time the city is home to an WNBA team.

Advocates say information about the state's findings on the Wyandotte water system should have been available to the public much earlier.