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IPR News

Representatives for Michigan hospitals say funding veto 'doesn’t seem fair'

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s line item vetoes in the state budget include cuts to funding for rural hospitals.Health care officials representing state…

IPR News

President Trump proposes budget cut to Great Lakes projects

Max Johnston

As part of his budget proposal announced Monday, President Trump wants to slash funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative by 90 percent. The GLRI…

Fusinski said infrastructure all over the country is falling apart and "there's nothing being done."

Michigan Environment

Toxicologist says cuts to EPA mean Flint won’t be the only community with unsafe water

Stateside Staff

Perhaps no state in the country is more aware of water safety than Michigan. Seeing the Flint water disaster play out since 2014 has given us all a...

Cuts would affect the current "level of oversight" for clean water programs, clean air programs, brownfield contaminated sites, levels of pollution discharge, algal bloom remediation and more, Clift said.

Around Michigan & State Government

Proposed federal, state cuts would be one-two punch for Michigan environmental programs

Stateside Staff

Environmental programs all across Michigan are in danger from budget cuts – not just the spending cuts in President Trump’s budget proposal, but state...

Michigan Environment

What EPA budget cuts could mean for low-income and minority communities

Julie Grant

The EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice is meant to defend communities that face a disproportionate share of the effects of pollution. But that office...

Filters with different species of algae, ready to be analyzed for the chemical content.

Michigan Business & Economy

Scientist warns Trump budget cuts to basic research could “devastate American innovation”

Stateside Staff

President Trump's budget proposal for the 2018 fiscal year continues to send shock waves through the scientific world. Scientists are warning that the...