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Michigan
Lawsuits pile up over Flint water crisis
by
Annie Baxter
Jan 20, 2016
Meanwhile, lawsuits against public officials and entities in Michigan are starting to pile up over lead-tainted water.
One family's struggles with Flint's water problems
Jan 14, 2016
Lead and copper contamination has sparked disease and devastation in the city of Flint
Inside a food pantry during its busy season
Nov 27, 2014
Traverse City, Michigan, is home to one of the state's largest food pantries. Here's how it's handling demand for its services.
What's happened since Detroit turned off delinquent residents' taps
Jul 28, 2014
Residents say they get less opportunity to negotiate when water shut-off looms.
Michigan's vineyards: Wine that survives the winter?
Jun 18, 2014
A new wine region is developing in less-than-Mediterranean Midwestern states.
Rural schools are struggling to keep the lights on
Jan 25, 2014
When rural families leave to search for better jobs, schools scramble to make cuts -- and may even shut down.
Washington brinkmanship aside, the real U.S. economy doesn't look too bad
by
Kai Ryssdal
Oct 9, 2013
In his travels for The Atlantic and Marketplace's American Futures project, Jim Fallows says the American economy in small cities and towns is doing all right.
For public good, not for profit.
One family rebuilds in northern Michigan
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jul 26, 2013
One Michigan mother describes the year she went "from broke to badass" on her northern Michigan farm.
Welfare caseworkers head to the factory
by
Dustin Dwyer
Jul 22, 2013
A factory in Michigan actually pays the state government to bring a public caseworker to the company to help its low-income workers.
Detroit deli owner on bankruptcy: 'It's a disease or cure scenario'
Jul 19, 2013
A small business owner shares his take on the bankruptcy and his hopes for Detroit's future.