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The leader of the state health department appeared before the Michigan House Oversight Committee Tuesday for a tense hearing. Colin Jackson has more.

Canadian wildfires have played havoc with air quality in Washtenaw County and the state of Michigan for the past few summers. Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian is the chief medical executive for the state of Michigan. She joined WEMU's David Fair to look at the short and longer-term implications.

After months of waiting, the Michigan House passed the rest of its roughly $78 billion state budget proposal Tuesday. Colin Jackson has more.

The Ypsilanti District Library is working with medical advocates to encourage harm reduction within the community. WEMU's Ana Longoria has the story.

Michigan House Republicans proposed toughening the state’s whistleblower protection law Tuesday. They say it would encourage government employees and contractors to report malfeasance. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The Republican-led Michigan House Oversight Committee approved a slew of legislative subpoenas Tuesday directed at state departments, including the Attorney General’s office. Rick Pluta reports.

The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled the state of Michigan does not have to destroy data gleaned from infant blood samples collected by hospitals at birth. Rick Pluta has more.

Advocates in Michigan are pushing back against a congressional Republican budget proposal released Monday that includes big cuts to Medicaid. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Big federal spending reductions could imperil Medicaid health benefits for 700,000 Michiganders. That’s according to a report being released Wednesday by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a directive Thursday calling on the state health department to create a report on how big proposed cuts to the federal Medicaid program would affect Michigan. We have more from Rick Pluta.