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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

Kids’ Food Basket is recognizing March as National Nutrition Month - launching their GO Orange campaign - raising funds to end childhood hunger during a time when nutrition programs face uncertain federal funding

Warns funding freeze would cause project delays, increase costs, jeopardize jobs and hamper local economic development

Michigan’s refugee resettlement agencies are struggling to support clients after federal funding was cut off last week

Congresswoman Hillary Scholten joined Hispanic business owners to announce federal funding to help build the new West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Grand Rapids.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is in Washington DC, where she has meetings to advocate for the state’s manufacturing sector