Rick Pluta
Managing Editor, Michigan Public Radio NetworkRick Pluta is the managing editor for the Michigan Public Radio Network.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive directive Thursday calling on state departments to compile information on how President Donald Trump’s tariffs affected Michigan. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has left standing a decision in a case over Enbridge Energy's oil and gas pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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Michigan has an LGBTQ conversion therapy ban on the books that is similar to one struck down Tuesday by the U.S. Supreme Court. It forbids professional counseling that seeks to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors. Rick Pluta has more.
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Michigan’s recreational marijuana industry filed a new lawsuit Monday challenging the 24% wholesale tax on marijuana that took effect in January. Rick Pluta reports.
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The Michigan Legislature’s gun safety caucus rolled out priorities for this legislative session Wednesday. We have more from Rick Pluta and Steve Carmody.
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State House Speaker Matt Hall says he would like to see an amendment to the Michigan Constitution that requires supermajority votes for lawmakers to adopt bills after legislative elections. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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The Whitmer administration and Michigan House Republicans have agreed to put a legal fight over GOP-ordered budget cuts on hold because a settlement may be in sight. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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The Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday that could help determine the future of a controversial pipeline that runs through the Straits of Mackinac. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer paid a visit Tuesday to the White House to meet with President Donald Trump. Among other things, the President agreed to deliver more federal funds to help northern Michigan recover from ice storms that pummeled the region last spring. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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The Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments today in two cases that could help determine the future of plans to bury a section of an oil and natural gas liquids pipeline beneath the Straits of Mackinac. We have more from Rick Pluta.