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The average daily population at the North Lake facility in Michigan has ballooned to more than 1,300 people. This retired pastor visits each week.
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Multiple parents of Ypsilanti Community School students have been detained by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) late afternoon on Tuesday, Jan. 27.
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People returning home after decades of incarceration are forced to navigate a digital world that didn’t exist when they went in. The Michigan nonprofit Nation Outside makes it their goal to teach essential digital skills and help formerly incarcerated individuals survive and adapt to life in a technology-driven society.
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The ACLU of Michigan is warning the Ypsilanti Township clerk she may be violating election laws by aggressively purging names from the voter rolls.
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Why are some VFW posts shutting their doors in Michigan?
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A look at USA Today’s acquisition of the Detroit News and why Michigan’s open 35th Senate District special election on Tuesday matters.
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Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes.
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Bystander videos have shaped public perception for decades. The ability to now spread video widely can lead to real-time access and transparency, but experts say videos can't tell the full story.
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The Michigan High School Athletic Association approved new rules that immediately allow student-athletes to profit from social media deals, autograph signings, and modeling.
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The goal of a proposed seasonal sea lamprey barrier is to restrict the invasive species' spread up the Sucker River in Alger County. Officials are taking public feedback until February 22.
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The largest immigration detention center in the Midwest is in Michigan. Since October, the average daily population there ballooned to more than 1,300 people. Each week, a retired evangelical pastor from West Michigan goes to visit people there. Our producer Michelle Jokisch Polo tells that story.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s father, Richard Whitmer, has died.“He was my best friend, most trusted counselor, and next door neighbor until I moved into the Governor’s Residence,” Whitmer said in a statement released Tuesday.
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As doctors learn why GLP-1s don't work for about 50% of people, they are also learning more about the complex drivers of obesity. They foresee a future of personalized obesity medicine similar to the way cancer is treated now.
The Dish, hosted by Mercedes Mejia, brings you behind the scenes with Michigan’s most inspiring chefs and culinary talents. Learn how food connects these chefs to their cultures, and strengthens our communities, one dish at a time.
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A trial kicking off in a Los Angeles courtroom marks the first time a jury will hear claims that social media companies knowingly hook young users and cause harm.
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The killing of 37-year old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis Saturday has drawn outrage across the nation.
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We discussed prospects for limiting ICE’s power, how Michigan moms are raising money for Gazan families, a Michigan artist’s latest album, and why Michiganders say “ope.”
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A zoo in the western Upper Peninsula is asking the Michigan Supreme Court to refuse a case that seeks a ruling that chimpanzees have constitutional rights against wrongful imprisonment.
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