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Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall said Wednesday that a public safety trust fund and a ban on student cell phones in classrooms are top priorities heading into the Legislature’s Spring session. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Michigan will be creating new programs to help with business start-ups and research and development under bills signed into law. Colin Jackson has more.

Renewable energy is becoming a bigger part of our lives. It is crucial to the carbon neutrality goals set forth by the City of Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County. For the time being, there are a number of tax credits and rebate incentives to electrify and make your home more efficient, but will it last in the second Trump term? WEMU's David Fair talked about what you can do now and what may lay ahead with the Chair of Efficiency and Electrification for the Ann Arbor Chapter of the Citizens' Climate Lobby, Rich Fein.

The Michigan House of Representatives passed a series of bills Wednesday on wide-ranging topics as the year's legislative session winds down. Colin Jackson has more.

Michigan Republican Congressman John James appeared in-district this week to raise support for a federal educational scholarship proposal. Colin Jackson has more.

Washtenaw area environmentalists, public officials and home builders participated in a roundtable on Friday to talk about clean energy tax credits and how to get more people to participate. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

A policy think tank is calling on Michigan lawmakers to create a new tax credit for some parents of young children. Colin Jackson has more.

Michigan would have its own research and development tax credit under bills that passed the state Senate Tuesday. Colin Jackson has more.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer put economic development, free community college tuition, and some love for the Detroit Lions front and center as she delivered her sixth State of the State address Wednesday at the state Capitol. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer will deliver her sixth State of the State address tonight. We have more from Rick Pluta.