Michigan News from MLive

A bill to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination passes the Michigan Senate, the Michigan Supreme Court appears to be the last chance for Flint water prosecutors and Sleeping Bear Dunes goes cashless for entry fees at popular spots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MSU will add door locks and cameras in response to a mass shooting on campus, a new Ford plant planned for Marshall will pay workers an average of $45,000 a year and Ann Arbor tops the list of Michigan cities getting marijuana money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Extra grocery money ends for 1.3 million Michigan SNAP recipients, DTE Energy will send a $35 credit to those without power for four days and Michigan State women’s gymnastics teams wins the program’s first Big Ten title in a share with the University of Michigan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rep. Elissa Slotkin is the first Democrat to announce a run for Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s seat, a study says Michigan outperformed the U.S. in addressing COVID racial disparities and the state will repay student loans in exchange for opioid addiction programs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Houses are staying on the market longer as home sales cool, feds stop shipments of toxic waste to Michigan from an Ohio train derailment and USA Today readers name a Michigan museum the best art museum in the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A package of bills would ban guns at the polls in Michigan, one of five MSU students wounded in a mass shooting has been released from Sparrow Hospital and Michigan could spend another $750 million on a Ford battery plant in Marshall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More Michiganders could become eligible for food benefits, a genetic study suggests there is greater asthma risk for Black people and a historic Detroit auto factory is set to be developed into 161 housing units. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A natural hair discrimination ban gets a renewed push from Black lawmakers, Attorney General Dana Nessel wants utilities to report the money they spend on lobbying and Michigan suspends a marijuana processor, saying its products were made with illicit THC oil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MSU students hold another protest at the Michigan Capitol to call for gun reform, Michigan is awarded nearly $55 million for public housing improvements and a pair of Detroit police officers are dead following an apparent murder-suicide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The condition of two victims of last week’s MSU mass shooting has been updated, Michigan nonprofits can apply for a share of $35 million in grants from the state and the tallest lighthouse on the Great Lakes will offer overnight stays this summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan’s secretary of state wants to ban guns at polling places in the wake of the MSU mass shooting, Michigan State students petition to move classes online and the DNR warns snowmobilers about potentially poor riding conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MSU students demand action on gun violence during a protest at the Michigan Capitol, a trap is set for invasive sea lamprey at a river that flows into Lake Huron and Upper Peninsula sled dog races are canceled for the first time due to weather. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Police identify the three Michigan State students who were killed in a mass shooting on campus, Michigan Democrats want to prioritize gun reform in the wake of the deadly MSU shooting and Flint officials call for the repeal of Michigan’s emergency manager law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ford plans to build a $3.5 billion battery plant in Marshall, Grand Rapids and Kent County need nearly 35,000 new housing units by 2027, and unsafe ice could cut the ice fishing season short in Michigan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Pentagon says an object shot down over Lake Huron had been hovering over the U.P., the fate of Gov. Whitmer’s $180 rebate checks could be in trouble and Ann Arbor is ranked as the best place to live in America in 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Michigan House OKs a tax package amid a GOP uproar, preventing LGBTQ discrimination in Michigan just moved one step closer to reality and Perry Johnson is preparing a presidential run with a Super Bowl ad buy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gov. Whitmer proposes the largest budget in Michigan history, a public safety funding increase of $450 million is included in the proposed budget and a welcome center near the Mackinac Bridge reopens after a $409,000 renovation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An investigation is ongoing after false reports of school shootings across Michigan, an increasing rate of pregnant women died in 2020 and a Michigan school group is pushing to label LGBTQ discussions as “rogue sex-ed.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Democratic leaders offer $180 direct checks to Michiganders in a tax package, Michigan kids could get free meals under a Whitmer budget proposal and improvement projects prompt temporary closures at some state parks this summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan leaders announce an agreement on tax cuts, Michigan is awarded $1.8 million to address rural homelessness and more gay men could give blood under a new proposal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A report shows enrollment is stabilizing at Michigan colleges, Michiganders could soon get tax credits for donating blood, and a Michigan woman finds $15,000 in a plastic bag and returns it to police. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan is assembling 1,000-acre “mega sites” to attract big investments, additional grocery assistance will end for 1.3 million Michiganders after February and Senate Democrats push to make Juneteenth a Michigan holiday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs the first spending bill of her second term, Michigan’s secretary of state says a $50 million investment is needed for future elections and a small, coastal town in Michigan is listed among the most beautiful in the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reusable takeout containers can help the environment if users follow the rules, a study finds meal size affects weight loss more than when you eat and a former reality TV star is accused of poaching at least 11 deer in Michigan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A record number of Michiganders seek healthcare through the ACA marketplace, 566,000 Michiganders were approved for student debt relief before the plan was blocked and national parks along Lake Superior are the first to plan for full decarbonization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices