As communities throughout Michigan remain under a state of emergency for flooding, the state’s environmental agency is calling for improvements to Michigan’s dam safety regulations, with heavy rain and snow melt pushing several structures to their brink. From @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social

Michigan can’t cut its way to student success michiganadvance.com/2026/04/28/m... Commentary from Mike Haynes of Kalamazoo, who has served as a teacher, principal and superintendent in Michigan.

Republican lawmakers and candidates across the country have escalated their anti-Islam rhetoric in recent months, a strategy aimed at energizing voters by claiming without evidence that Muslim culture and religious tenets threaten American political values. From @stateline.org

Michigan U.S. Senate primary tightens as McMorrow, El-Sayed outpace Stevens in Q1 fundraising michiganadvance.com/2026/04/28/m... From @bensolis1.bsky.social

Michigan Advance Trivia: Who is the tallest player in Detroit Pistons history? Check back later for the answer.

Suspect in Washington press dinner shooting charged with attempting to assassinate Trump michiganadvance.com/2026/04/27/r...

US Supreme Court hears arguments on cancer warning labels for Roundup weedkiller michiganadvance.com/2026/04/27/r... From @fischler.bsky.social

Rx Kids to take on largest expansion yet, with legislative support from both sides of the aisle michiganadvance.com/2026/04/27/r... From @kdailey.bsky.social

Energy watchdog group appeals electrical rate increase sought by Consumers Energy michiganadvance.com/briefs/energ... From @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social

State barriers limit access to compensation for gun violence survivors, report says michiganadvance.com/2026/04/27/r... From @stateline.org

Emergency housing vouchers are ending early, leaving cities and renters scrambling michiganadvance.com/2026/04/27/r... From @stateline.org

US Supreme Court to hear case on legal status of more than 350,000 Haitians and Syrians michiganadvance.com/2026/04/27/r... From @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social

A ballot committee looking to lay the groundwork for Ann Arbor to transition to a city-owned electric utility is calling out its opposition, pointing to campaign filings tying the effort to one of the state’s largest investor-owned energy companies. From @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social

Ford may have ditched the Lightning, but its first buyer hasn’t michiganadvance.com/2026/04/27/f... Commentary from Rick Haglund

Jeffries, James warn of voting rights threats at Detroit NAACP dinner michiganadvance.com/2026/04/27/j... From @roththereporter.bsky.social

Former Michigan U.S. Senator Donald Riegle dies michiganadvance.com/2026/04/27/f... From @stevecarmody.bsky.social w/ @michiganpublic.bsky.social

Consumer sentiment dropped for the second month in a row, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers, with respondents citing concerns about the Iran War, resulting in high gas prices and poor buying conditions. From @kdailey.bsky.social

Michigan Advance Trivia: What northern Michigan county was initially called Meguzee when it was created in 1840? Check back later for the answer.

Trump: Suspect in Washington press dinner shooting created a ‘manifesto’ for attack michiganadvance.com/2026/04/26/r...

Signs of economic instability emerge in Oakland County, one of Michigan’s wealthiest michiganadvance.com/2026/04/26/s... From @theconversation.com

Nitrate contaminates the drinking water of millions of Americans, study finds michiganadvance.com/2026/04/26/r... From @stateline.org

WASHINGTON — Family and friends of Virginia Roberts Giuffre gathered in the nation’s capital Saturday to mark one year since her death, and to demand justice for victims of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. By @ashleymurray.bsky.social

Trump rushed out of White House press event after apparent shots fired michiganadvance.com/2026/04/25/r...

Several hundred protesters gathered and marched in Romulus on Saturday in opposition to a 500-bed ICE detention center being planned for what is currently an industrial warehouse. Story and pictures from Erick Diaz Veliz

A former corrections officer at Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility, Joshua Lee, 22, entered a guilty plea Thursday to one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct for engaging in “multiple sexual acts with several prisoners while working at the prison.” From @kdailey.bsky.social

Trump’s budget would gut local libraries and museums. Congress is not on board. michiganadvance.com/2026/04/25/r...

Antrim County voters confused after clerk attempts to cancel hundreds of voter registrations michiganadvance.com/2026/04/25/a... From @votebeat.org

Unfounded health concerns are powering a solar backlash michiganadvance.com/2026/04/25/u... From @propublica.org

Tennessee court delays trial over abortion ban using new appeals law michiganadvance.com/2026/04/24/r... From @kelciemmorris.bsky.social

Recognition of Arab Americans scrubbed from White House website, but celebration goes on michiganadvance.com/2026/04/24/r...

Appeals panel strikes down Trump’s ban on asylum seekers at southern border michiganadvance.com/2026/04/24/r...

Appeals court says Trump administration must open borders to asylum-seekers michiganadvance.com/2026/04/24/r...

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice dropped its investigation Friday of the Federal Reserve and Chair Jerome Powell over building renovation costs, a move that could open the door for new Fed leadership next month — and signaled a victory for North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis.

The ACLU of Michigan and the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center are calling on Congress to require an independent investigation into the ICE detention center in Baldwin, Mich. amid a hunger strike by detainees that has been ongoing since Monday. From @kdailey.bsky.social

DTE Energy announced on Thursday that the $474.3 million request it plans to file on April 28 would be its last for some time, provided that a 1.4-gigawatt data center contracted with the energy company continues to move forward. From @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social

On Thursday, a Court of Claims judge dismissed a lawsuit against the state of Michigan after determining a pair of state agencies were not responsible for a catastrophic dam failure in 2020. From @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social

Michigan Advance wins more than two dozen awards in press association contest, 8 first place nods michiganadvance.com/2026/04/24/m...

Experts say that while the West Virginia ruling technically sets a precedent only for 4th Circuit states, it could embolden other states aiming to impose similar restrictions. It also aligns with a directive from President Trump that federal agencies only recognize a binary definition of sex.

In Michigan, House Bill 4791 is bipartisan legislation that requires the state health department to adopt and implement a menopause transition awareness education program. It passed the House in March and is pending in the Senate Committee on Health Policy. From @kelciemmorris.bsky.social

Michigan Court of Claims Judge Sima Patel on Wednesday dismissed a challenge to Michigan election law brought by the Republican National Committee and the Michigan Republican Party against Michigan’s secretary of state and director of elections. From @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social

Michigan Advance Trivia: On April 24, 1941 (85 years ago today), the first what rolled off a Chrysler assembly line? Check back later for the answer.

US Justice Department downgrades risk of state-licensed medicinal marijuana michiganadvance.com/2026/04/23/r... From @fischler.bsky.social

EAST LANSING — The Michigan gubernatorial candidates who are not John James, Jocelyn Benson or Mike Duggan picked up the slack for the supposed frontrunners at a forum hosted Thursday by the Michigan Press Association during its annual conference. From @bensolis1.bsky.social

Movement on Michigan’s state budget continued Thursday morning as the Senate Appropriations Committee picked up where it left off, continuing to move pieces of their proposal to the floor for consideration by the full chamber. From @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social

Opponents object to Enbridge’s erosion control plan along Line 5 reroute in Wisconsin michiganadvance.com/2026/04/23/r... From the @wisconsinexaminer.com

Ahmad Alnajdawi of Jordan stated that language barriers prevent many detainees from communicating with staff or immigration officials. “They cannot talk to anyone. The food here is pitiful. I want the people outside to know, they’re treating us like animals.” By @jonkingnews.bsky.social

While Michigan has long been regarded as a leader in PFAS monitoring, House Democrats on Wednesday said it’s time for the state to lead on PFAS regulation and clean ups, with plans for nine bills aimed at limiting residents’ exposure to these forever chemicals. By @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social

Michigan lawmakers burn midnight oil to pass House budgets for government spending, education michiganadvance.com/2026/04/23/m... By @bensolis1.bsky.social

Former Michigan House Speaker Tom Leonard is ending his campaign for governor, announcing on Thursday that he would be withdrawing his signatures while expressing concern about the increasingly negative tone within the Republican primary race. By @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social

Extreme rain on snow is testing aging dams across Michigan and Wisconsin michiganadvance.com/2026/04/23/e... From @theconversation.com