Muskegon is home to America's tallest, singing Christmas tree
A major holiday performance happens this weekend in West Michigan. Students, teachers and parents at Mona Shores High School have spent thousands of hours preparing for the event, where they create a...
View ArticleHow will Michigan's abortion law work?
Last week, the Michigan legislature approved a voter-initiated law that bans abortion coverage in standard health insurance policies. The law does not include exceptions for rape or incest.Joining us...
View ArticleWhat might the Michigan Legislature do in 2014?
It’s Thursday, the day we talk Michigan politics with Ken Sikkema, former Senate majority leader and senior policy fellow at Public Sector Consultants, and Susan Demas, publisher of Inside Michigan...
View ArticleWeekly Political Roundup: Detroit mayoral candidates, Medicaid expansion
Each week we take a look at Michigan politics with Susan Demas, columnist for MLIVE.com, and Ken Sikkema, former Senate Majority Leader and Senior Policy Fellow at Public Sector Consultants.Today,...
View ArticleTricky plural words
The word data is plural in Latin. But that etymological fact may not make it plural in English at this point. On this week’s edition of “That’s What They Say,” host Rina Miller and Professor of English...
View ArticleShakespeare in Detroit
Shakespeare in Detroit was founded by Detroit native, Samantha White. As its inaugural performance on Wednesday, August 14 at 7 p.m., the company will present Shakespeare's Othello at Grand Circus Park...
View ArticleWeekly Political Roundup: Rough road ahead for transportion funding
Each week we take a look at Michigan politics with Ken Sikkema, former Senate Majority Leader and Senior Policy Fellow at Public Sector Consultants, and Susan Demas, columnist for MLIVE.com.Governor...
View ArticleAre juveniles too young to know right from wrong?
Lawyers in Michigan are hoping a federal ruling will eventually change the way the state sentences juveniles in murder cases.A federal court judge recently ruled that inmates who received mandatory...
View ArticleEconomic impact of Medicaid expansion in Michigan
The state Senate could vote on a bill to expand Medicaid in Michigan this week.The legislation would extend health insurance to hundreds of thousands of low-income Michiganders through the federal...
View ArticleWeekly Political Roundup: Medicaid expansion passes, Tea Party goes after Lt....
It's our weekly review of Michigan politics with Susan Demas, columnist for MLIVE.com and Ken Sikkema, former senate majority leader and senior policy fellow at Public Sector Consultants.We start with...
View ArticleOpaque abbreviations, and often forgotten acronyms
It’s odd when you stop to think about it that everyone who graduates from college is a bachelor of something.On this week’s edition of “That’s What They Say,” host Rina Miller and Professor of English...
View ArticleNegative words without a positive counterpart
It seems like if you, or your clothes, or your hair can be disheveled, it should be possible for them to be sheveled.On this week’s edition of That’s What They Say, host Rina Miller and Professor of...
View ArticleA place for healing for U.S. veterans
Over the past 12 years, nearly 50,000 American troops have been wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The visible injuries are often lost limbs from roadside improvised explosive devices. But,...
View Article'Because' is the 2013 Word of the Year
Writers online, and now speakers in informal speech, are using "because" in innovative ways.This week on That’s What They Say, host Rina Miller and University of Michigan English Professor Anne Curzan...
View ArticleHomeless shelter in Ann Arbor expands warming options
The weather and temperatures in Michigan, and across the country, have been particularly brutal in recent days. Wind chill readings have dropped to 30 degrees below zero in some places. Some...
View ArticleWhat to do with Michigan's projected budget surplus?
Each week we take a look at what’s happening in Michigan politics with Susan Demas, publisher of Inside Michigan Politics, and Ken Sikkema, former Senate Majority Leader and Senior Policy Fellow at...
View ArticleWill donors save the DIA and Detroit pensions?
As the city of Detroit moves through bankruptcy, big questions still remain. How does the city plan to resolve its pension debt? Is the city-owned artwork held by the Detroit Institute of Arts an asset...
View ArticleWeekly Political Roundup: Rough road ahead for transportion funding
Each week we take a look at Michigan politics with Ken Sikkema, former Senate Majority Leader and Senior Policy Fellow at Public Sector Consultants, and Susan Demas, columnist for MLIVE.com.Governor...
View ArticleA review of Gov. Snyder's State of the State address
Governor Rick Snyder gave his fourth State of the State address, Thursday night. In a speech covering a wide range of topics, he spent a lot of time focusing on his accomplishments and gave a broad...
View ArticleDoes year-round school mean kids lose out on summer vacation?
In his recent State of the State address, Gov. Rick Snyder called for a pilot program for year-round schooling. Since that speech, education advocates and teachers’ unions have been weighing in on the...
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