Stateside
Monday - Thursday, 3 p.m. on IPR News
Stateside covers what you need (and want) to know about Michigan. You hear stories from people across the state—from policymakers in Lansing, to entrepreneurs in Detroit, to artists in Grand Rapids. Tune in every day for in-depth conversations that matter to Michigan. Stateside is hosted by April Baer.
Latest Episodes
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A state House committee will hold its first hearing Tuesday on a bill to repeal the law that requires schools to wait until after Labor Day to start classes. -
New income guidelines for a federally funded food assistance program mean more Michigan families could take part.
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order Thursday that creates a bipartisan commission to look for ways to attract more people to Michigan.
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"We do need good roads and bridges, but we also need to make sure we’re addressing how people use it, what communities need, and what the economy needs,” Wieferich said.
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In recent years, the demands on the NEDA helpline, and the humans who ran it, escalated. The organization says it was unsustainable. But some have worries about new plans for an online chatbot.
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The state House Labor Committee adopted bills Thursday to restore some teacher union bargaining power in contract negotiations.
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The Michigan Supreme Court has said “no” to a request from a federal judge for help in deciding a complicated case involving 14 guns seized by Saginaw County Sheriff's deputies from a hunting cabin.
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A clean energy plan in the Michigan Senate could start receiving hearings as soon as next month.
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The National Eating Disorders Association is shutting its telephone helpline down, firing its small staff and hundreds of volunteers. Instead it's using a chatbot — and not because the bot is better.
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Michigan now has a “red flag” law that will allow authorities to temporarily seize firearms from people deemed by court orders to be a danger to themselves or others.
