environment

Rep. Scholten's Lowering Cost Caucus, Whitmer's budget for crime victims, Latino business leaders gather at GVSU, GR achieves certification for environmental program, lawmakers fail to reach K-12 budget, Appeals Court upholds blood test program, and Slotkin calls for new vision for Dems.

The cities of Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor are the first to achieve this highest level of recognition

Kent County Parks and Calvin University have been working together on a tick surveillance study since 2020. Tick populations are spreading, and researchers have discovered a popular ornamental shrub is where they flourish

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy is awarding more than $1 million dollars to 64 projects statewide collecting and recycling scrap tires, including three in West Michigan

Some angry Ada Township residents packed a meeting with the Kent County Drain Commission, unhappy with its stormwater drainage plan and a lack of information

Researchers from the University of Maryland were in Ottawa County today tagging baby eagles, but they’re performing double duty: the researchers found a new home for an eaglet displaced by last week’s storms

A Newaygo dam will be removed from an offshoot of the Muskegon River restoring fish habitats and slowing the deterioration of a defunct factory

Defense says former GRPD Officer Christopher Schurr was justified in killing Patrick Lyoya, a West Michigan breast cancer survivor heads to DC to meet with lawmakers to push for research and treatment funding, and more.

The Justice Department filed a similar preemptive action against Hawaii and has also challenged clean energy policies in New York and Vermont

The decision is stoking environmentalists’ fears that the project will escape scrutiny.