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Senator Peters reacts to congress rescinding federal funds from PBS and NPR, West Nile virus has been detected in mosquitoes in Kent County, the Catholic diocese of Grand Rapids is closing four churches and building two new ones, and more.

Michigan U.S. Senator Gary Peters made the case for preserving funding supporting local news and public safety as necessities.

Twenty states, including Michigan, have joined in a lawsuit to block cuts to a Federal Emergency Management Agency program designed to help protect communities from natural disasters

Crain’s Grand Rapids Business staff writer Mark Sanchez talks about a new loan fund for minority-owned businesses. Wine consumption is down impacting Michigan wineries. Protect MI Care coalition share concerns Medicaid cuts will have on beneficiaries and hospital services.

Medicaid is the largest health insurer in the state, covering one in four residents.

The Grand Rapids Fire Department has been named the only Class 1 fire department in the state, funding for a statewide research program has been cut by the Trump administration, Ottawa County healthcare workers are getting training on the health impacts of tech on young people, and more.

State Budget Director Jen Flood said, cuts to the Medicaid health insurance program would require some tough decisions that are not baked into budgeting plans at this point

Founded in 1964, the national Community Action Network is marking May as a Month of Impact.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says nearly a third of the state’s Medicaid beneficiaries would lose coverage in potential federal budget cuts

In a response to the Trump administration’s threat to withhold federal education funding from schools refusing to end Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, Muskegon Community College is pausing DEI programs