Rep. Aiyash to join hunger strike in D.C. calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza ⋆
A Michigan legislator will be among five state lawmakers from across the country participating in a hunger strike while…
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Hospitals and Doctors Are Fed up With Medicare Advantage
Medicare Advantage plans are pretty popular with both lawmakers and ordinary Americans — they now enroll about 31 million people, representing just…
Tentative deal announced in 11-week strike by Blue Cross Blue Shield workers ⋆
A little over a week after ratifying contracts with the Detroit Three automakers, the United Auto Workers (UAW) union…
Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Makes Other Public Assistance Harder to Get
MISSOULA, Mont. — An hour before sunrise, Shelly Brost walked a mile in freezing rain to the public assistance office. She was running out of time…
More states strive to make parks, trails accessible to people with disabilities ⋆
TWO HARBORS, Minn. — Perched high on rugged cliffs overlooking Lake Superior, Split Rock Lighthouse dominates the…
Climate grief and the stark choice that confronts us ⋆
If the five stages of grief are denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance, Americans can be found at all…
Minelands and power plants are hot renewable development spots ⋆
PETERSBURG, Ind. — AES Indiana’s Petersburg Generating Station, which towers over the White River here in southwest…
Whitmer signs climate change legislation setting 100% clean energy standard for Michigan by 2040 ⋆
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a slate of bills Tuesday that take her proposals from the MI Healthy Climate Plan and make…
Michigan board nixes citizen veto initiatives, punts on property tax elimination measure ⋆
The Michigan Board of State Canvassers took up several agenda items on Monday, including petitions to immediately…
Opinion: The next mayor of Detroit should be a Gen X Black woman
The next Detroit mayoral election isn’t until 2025, but already we have some thoughts about how things should go.
Let’s start with this: The next…