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Focus West Michigan for 8-11-25

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Governor Gretchen Whitmer met with educators to talk about the rising cost of school supplies due to recent tariffs,Immigration advocates are trying to stop more than a dozen Hmong and Laotian refugees from being deported, and more.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer met with educators to talk about the rising cost of school supplies due to recent tariffs, Life EMS Ambulance and University of Michigan Health-West are teaming up to make sure staff on the sidelines are ready to tackle emergency injuries heading into the fall sports season, a break down of the July Supply Management Research Institute Survey, Habitat for Humanity of Kent County is moving its Grand Rapids offices into a building on the northwest side, Grand Rapids; Climate Action Plan is on Tuesday's city commission meeting agenda.

Immigration advocates are trying to stop more than a dozen Hmong and Laotian refugees from being deported, State House Speaker Matt Hall says controlling property tax increases is on his to-do list.

The Kent County North Community Fest is coming up this Thursday in Cedar Springs.

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Shelley Irwin is the host and producer for The Shelley Irwin Show, a news magazine talk-show format on the local NPR affiliate Monday through Friday. The show, broadcast at 9 a.m., features a wide variety of local and national news makers, plus special features.
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