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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Environmental Protection Agency say they’re taking action against microplastics contamination. It’s welcome news to local lawmakers who have been working to get them out of the water supply for years. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is declaring an energy emergency in Michigan. Colin Jackson has more.

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.

Democratic Michigan Representative Haley Stevens is introducing legislation to bring back jobs that had been cut at the Social Security Administration. Colin Jackson has more

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.

The Rx Kids cash assistance program for pregnant and new mothers launched in three more Michigan communities Wednesday. Colin Jackson has more.

The Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether it should take up an appeal in a lawsuit between the state Senate and House of Representatives. Colin Jackson has more.

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.

The FBI says it believes this month’s attack on a metro-Detroit synagogue was a terrorist attack inspired by the Lebanese political party and militant group Hezbollah. Colin Jackson has more.

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.