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A bill to cap payday lending fees at 36% annual interest is heading to the Michigan House after passing the state Senate Thursday. We get more from Colin Jackson.
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The Michigan House committee that helps write the state Department of Health and Human Services budget is holding a public hearing this morning. Colin Jackson has more.
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A plan to expand Michigan’s Earned Income Tax Credit advanced out of a state Senate committee Tuesday in the first hearing of the legislative session. Colin Jackson has more.
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Households in Michigan that get federal food assistance will see the benefit boosted for another month. Rick Pluta reports.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer says the doors to school buildings are locked for the rest of this school year. This is not a surprise. It just makes permanent…
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Trust – or the lack of it – is holding up a deal to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in budget cuts to rural hospitals, law enforcement agencies,…
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State lawmakers are trying to once again raise the age of who is considered an ‘adult’ in the criminal justice system.Last session, bills to raise the age…
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In this week's bi-weekly conversation with the League of Women Voters of the Ann Arbor Area, 89.1 WEMU'S Lisa Barry talks with Sue Smith, a member of the…
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Michigan needs to create more opportunities for kids of color. That’s according to advocates after a new report was released Tuesday. The report shows…
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Michigan’s unemployment rate is down, but a new report says those numbers don’t paint the whole picture. Michigan’s unemployment rate is the lowest it’s…