The federal administration is cutting environmental programs and funding and further reducing regulations on polluting. The political environment in Washington, in and of itself, is toxic. On the February edition of WEMU’s "1st Friday Focus on the Environment," WEMU's David Fair and Michigan League of Conservation Voters executive director Lisa Wozniak were joined by Democratic Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin to discuss policy and politics.

The Humane Society of Huron Valley (HSHV) was recently alerted by a hospital social worker that a dog had been left alone when his adopter was unexpectedly hospitalized following an encounter with federal immigration officers. WEMU's Caroline MacGregor talked to HSHV communications coordinator Wendy Welch about the critical role neighbors and the community can play in helping to protect animals.

A packed house filled the Washtenaw County Learning Resource Center Thursday night for a town hall on immigrants’ rights. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

Michigan’s Secretary of State responded to the president’s calls for Republicans to “nationalize” voting during a speech in Detroit Thursday. Colin Jackson has more.

Henry “H.P.” Jacobs played a pivotal role in Ypsilanti’s Black history in the mid-1800s. WEMU’s Ana Longoria has the story.

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled the decision that tossed indictments in the Flint water cases does not apply retroactively to other defendants who were also charged with crimes by a one-judge grand jury. Rick Pluta has more.

The Washtenaw County government has recognized Washtenaw Community College with an Environmental Excellence Partnership Program Award. WEMU’s Ana Longoria has the story.

Residents living near the Arbor Hills Landfill in Salem Township are fighting a proposed expansion of the facility. They’re asking Washtenaw County officials to kill it early in the process. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

We are now into February, and we got plenty of cinematic surprises in store for you! WEMU's David Fair meets up with Marquee Arts cinema programming director Nick Alderink to chat about the new films landing on the big screen this weekend and the latest special screenings coming to Ann Arbor—many of which are free and open to the public!

Michigan's Lieutenant Governor, Garlin Gilchrist, presents today's Black History Moment.

A coalition of activist groups is asking voters to support limiting certain monetary contributions that might influence local politics. WEMU’s Ana Longoria reports.

Michigan’s four living former governors appeared together Wednesday to call for more civility in politics and elections as part of an effort to alter the turn toward coarseness and sometimes violence. We have more from Rick Pluta.