Claire Keenan-Kurgan
News ReporterClaire joined Interlochen Public Radio in summer 2024. She covers general assignment news with a focus on labor, growth, and the economy of northern Michigan. She also covers immigration. Before arriving at IPR, she interned for WBEZ’s data journalism team in Chicago and for the investigative unit of American Public Media.
She studied sociology and global studies at the University of Chicago and she speaks Spanish. Contact her at claire.keenan-kurgan@interlochen.org.
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Michigan’s neighbor Wisconsin is often cited as an example of how to fix prison staffing challenges. Outrage over staffing levels led to efforts to recruit more staff and raise pay. -
Detainees at North Lake Processing Facility, the 1,800-bed immigration detention center in Baldwin, started a hunger strike Monday. By Wednesday morning, there were reports that many had stopped. -
The volunteer arm of the U.S. Air Force takes kids (and adults) on plane rides up into the skies of northern Michigan, and they're looking to upgrade to a new headquarters. -
Waters are rising across Northern Michigan. Interlochen Public Radio has compiled a list of resources to help you navigate the effects in your area. -
It's been about three years since millions of dollars started flowing into Michigan — and other states — to help fight the opioid crisis. Many communities have been slow to spend much of it. Or any of it. That includes Grand Traverse County. -
The nurses at Munson Medical Center are finishing up their third week of working under an expired contract. They're planning a "practice strike" on April 9. -
The 850 members of the Michigan Nurses Association who work at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City have been working without a contract since March. They took their message to the public this week. -
A group in Emmet and Charlevoix counties is starting a community investment fund — with a focus on housing — that would let community members invest in housing in their home towns. And we hear about a school in Mesick that's taking screens out of elementary classrooms. -
Listen in on emergency calls coming out of the North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin. Also, a holdup in Lansing threatened the medical licenses of thousands of Michigan doctors. -
Michigan has been a member of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact since 2018. But with the state’s membership set to expire on March 28, some 8,000 doctors could lose their ability to practice here — unless Lansing takes action.
