Michigan News from MLive

The NAACP demands the Kent County prosecutor’s recusal in the Patrick Lyoya case, the Secretary of State says Michigan voters should hand-deliver their absentee ballots ahead of May 3 and $1.8 million in DNR grants will fund dam removals and fishery improvements. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grand Rapids’ police chief releases the name of the officer who fatally shot Patrick Lyoya, a winning Powerball ticket worth $150,000 goes unclaimed in Michigan and most of Michigan’s 85 roadside parks will reopen this week. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You can expect more ticks in Michigan this summer, the unofficial cannabis holiday on April 20 included record marijuana sales in Michigan and Detroit Tiger Miguel Cabrera makes history with his 3000th hit. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A report shows nearly half of Michigan children live in households that struggle to pay for basic needs, a bill would allow retired workers to help fill roughly 800 open positions in Michigan’s prison system and the CDC extends its travel mask requirement to May 3. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U.S. inflation jumps 8.5% in a year as gas prices soar, the DNR says headless deer found on Michigan roadways shouldn’t alarm you and spring ushers in wildfire season in Michigan. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gov. Whitmer signs a bill to put $140M into Michigan’s unemployment fund, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib tests positive for COVID-19 four days after visiting the White House and supply shortages delay the opening of a new $40M visitor center at the Michigan Capitol. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan pauses collections on pandemic unemployment overpayments until May, two defendants are acquitted of charges in the alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and police are asking witnesses of an I-94 crash with a Michigan State Police cruiser to come forward. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sues in an attempt to strike down Michigan’s 1931 abortion law, a survey shows Detroiters who were once hesitant to get vaccinated did follow through on COVID shots and hundreds of salamanders are spotted crossing a U.P. road as part of their spring migration. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

144 passengers are rescued from a Mackinac Island ferry stranded in the straits, an FBI report shows Michiganders lost $181 million to internet crimes last year and a Michigan women’s basketball assistant coach takes a head coaching job. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look at the Michigan colleges with the highest average starting salaries for graduates, Michigan’s longest-serving member of Congress is retiring and a bomb threat causes the evacuation of Michigan’s historic Fishtown. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gov. Whitmer vetoes a pair of Republican election bills, Social Security offices will reopen for the first time since March 2020 and a longtime assistant basketball coach at MSU is leaving to become head coach at Western Michigan University. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trump again claims he was once named Michigan’s ‘Man of the Year,’ a look at symptoms of the BA.2 omicron COVID subvariant and the oldest U.S. park ranger, a Michigan native, retires at 100. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan’s newest state park will transform a former Chevy plant site near downtown Flint, 300 security cameras are installed across MSU housing as part of a campus security push and the cut-your-own firewood program returns in Michigan with increased prices. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gov. Whitmer signs off on a $4.7 billion infrastructure spending plan, Michigan’s Wolverine Worldwide plant is caught in a PFAS probe and the Red Wings have parted ways with their longtime Zamboni driver, Al Sobotka. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A judge rules Jeffrey Willis’ van will be destroyed despite the serial killer’s unusual legal argument, federal regulators are suing the makers of TurboTax over ‘free’ tax filing ads and Isle Royale National Park’s entrance fees will be cashless this year. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The city of Detroit will host the 2024 NFL draft, Michigan is cutting back to weekly reports on COVID-19 numbers and a Michigan woman is cited for attempting to cross the Mackinac Bridge while it was closed. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Michigan Supreme Court denies a challenge to the state’s redisdistricting commission’s House map, high PFAS levels have been found in smelt across Michigan and the Red Wings allow the most points in a game since 1988. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan lawmakers approve $4.8 billion for infrastructure upgrades, an initiative to change Michigan’s term limits moves forward and the DNR adds 100 additional miles to U.P. snowmobile trails. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rent prices are up in Michigan and beyond, a second round of $1,000 bonuses is available for Michigan childcare providers and Michigan residents should expect more spring pests than usual for 2022. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inflation is costing Michigan families almost $300 per month, millions in grants head to Michigan election officials for added security and a Michigan study shows booster shots reduce mortality even among older, sicker COVID patients. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More than a million Michigan residents will receive additional food assistance this week, the Michigan women’s basketball team is headed to the Sweet 16 and a new ranking lists a Michigan city as the top pizza city in the country. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A group is calling on Michigan women to run for office to fight underrepresentation, some Michigan voters would need to confirm their identities under Senate-backed legislation and a University of Michigan student group wants Ann Arbor to fully decriminalize drug possession. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan Democrats propose banning guns at polling places, a reintroduced bill would aid PFAS-exposed veterans and Ann Arbor is ranked the 6th-best city to live in America. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Michigan Senate approves a suspension of the state’s gas tax, Census data shows the gender pay gap is larger in Michigan than the national average and Amway joins a wave of Michigan companies withdrawing from Russia. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pfizer’s CEO says a fourth COVID-19 shot will be necessary, a motion in a Michigan court asks for a pause on collections for pandemic unemployment bills and cryptocurrency scams are on the rise in Michigan. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices