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Addie L. Lathrop, pictured sitting on the front porch of her house in 1906. Lathrop owned vast swaths of land in Ontonogan County, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Stateside: New state superintendent; “second act” teachers; land baroness of Ontonagon Cty.

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Today on Stateside, debate was heated as Republican state lawmakers passed bills banning an abortion procedure known as "dilation and evacuation." Plus,...

Can sex education play a role in changing a culture of pervasive sexual harassment and assault?

Stateside: Line 5 tunnel negotiations; Detroit origins of spiral cut ham; sex ed in the #MeToo era

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Today on Stateside , Governor Whitmer reopens talks with Enbridge about a tunnel to house replacement pipelines for Line 5. But e nvironmental groups...

A recent paper from the Citizens Research Council of Michigan says Michigan can and should do better when it comes to public transportation.

Stateside: Future of mass transit in MI; Harry Houdini’s Detroit death; getting rid of grades

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Today on Stateside , a conversation about what it would take to get Michigan to rethink its approach to public transit. Plus, why the traditional A-F...

At a crucial conference for the United Methodist Church on Tuesday, a vote was passed to strengthen the church's bans on same-sex marriage and gay and lesbian clergy.

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Stateside: Methodists split over LGBTQ vote; teachers get political; revisiting Detroit’s Red Scare

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Today on Stateside , the nation's second largest Protestant denomination voted Tuesday to reaffirm the church's ban on same-sex marriage and LGBTQ...

"Michigan's problems are not partisan problems. Potholes are not political. There is no such thing as Republican or Democratic school kids or drinking water. Our challenges affect us all," said Gov. Whitmer in her first State of the State speech Tuesday.

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Stateside: Lawmakers, teachers, LGBTQ activist react to SOTS; empowering Muslim girls through books

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Today on Stateside, we hear reactions from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, as well as some Michigan teachers, on the plans Governor Gretchen...