Focus West Michigan
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Focus West Michigan is a daily news podcast from WGVU presenting local news, as well as features on community organizations, events, and more.
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Proposals are in for what should be done with two vacant Grand Rapids elementary schools, Michigan's gender pay gap got worse in 2024, and more.
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Grand Valley State University and Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital are teaming up to take on West Michigan's nursing shortage,
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Governor Whitmer has requested that President Donald Trump declare a major disaster in response to the tornado touchdowns last month, the R-X Kids cash assistance program launched in three more Michigan communities on Wednesday, and more.
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The Kent County Sheriff's Office is offering safe locations to meet people for an online marketplace transaction or child custody exchange, the Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether it should take up an appeal in a lawsuit between the state Senate and House of Representatives, and more.
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Focus West Michigan 3-31-26: Arts & Culture Collective of Grand Rapids launches year long initiativeA new plan is in the works to bolder Grand Rapids' art scene, Michigan's recreational marijuana industry filed a new lawsuit against the wholesale tax that took effect in January, and more.
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Goodwill Industries of Greater Grand Rapids is managing a cybersecurity attack that disrupted its West Michigan network, the Michigan GOP has selected its likely nominees for Attorney General and Secretary of State, and more.
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A massive infrastructure project will transform a two mile stretch of Apple Avenue in Muskegon, Civil rights groups have reached a settlement with a school district where a teacher reprimanded a student who refused to stand for the pledge of allegiance to protest the war in Gaza, and more.
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Michigan beekeepers are preparing to synchronize honeybee arrivals with the state's spring nectar flow, party divisions over rising fuel costs were on full display in the Michigan Senate, and more.
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Saugatuck Township Hall is getting a significant facelift for the first time in 50 years, the State of Michigan is asking a federal court to block the DHS from locating an immigration detention center in a converted warehouse in Romulus, and more.
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On Monday Congressional Democrats took advantage of the Affordable Care Act's 16th anniversary, some Michigan policy makers are advocating for tax reform as a way of lowering housing costs, and more.