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Think small, go far: Save gas with this one fun trick!

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Transportation
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October 23, 2026
As gas prices climb, Kalamazoo residents are exploring e-bikes and other micromobility options to save money, improve transportation efficiency, and rethink how they get around safely.
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Free Cleveland clinic brings free dental care and more to patients
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Healthcare
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October 30, 2026
Volunteers at MedWish MedWorks clinic in Cleveland provide free dental and medical care and connect patients with follow-up services.
MI First Credit Union new youth banking app helps establish healthy financial habits earlier
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Education
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October 30, 2026
Michigan First Credit Union launched a free mobile banking app — Finley, for kids and teens to help develop healthy financial habits early.
Life Remodeled transforms vacant school into opportunity hub campus for East Detroit neighborhood
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General
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October 29, 2026
Life Remodeled has transformed a former vacant school building, with financing help from IFF, to its second opportunity hub. Anchor Detroit, a campus in East Detroit, provides residents with economic, educational, and environmental mobility opportunities.
Michigan’s community mental health system: Overcoming stigma to provide needed care
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Healthcare
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October 27, 2026
Community mental health has played an important role in shifting the culture to asking for help.
How Michigan organizations are tackling food insecurity on the local level
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Community Health & Wellness
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October 27, 2026
Fair Food Network, Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities, and Detroit Food Policy Council increase families’ healthy choices while supporting local growers and retailers.
CRA proposed rollbacks could mean roadblocks for community development
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Community Development
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October 26, 2026
Recently proposed rollbacks to the CRA would weaken bank obligations to invest, lend, and provide services to low and moderate-income communities. These rollbacks would be roadblocks to positive, impactful community development.
A historic win for paid parental leave, led by nurses
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October 26, 2026
After watching parents return to work while their babies were still in intensive care, Pittsburgh nurses fought to secure the nation’s first countywide 12-week paid parental leave policy.
People with disabilities deserve dignity, belonging, and ordinary lives, too
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Diversity + Inclusion
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October 25, 2026
Muskegon, Mich., resident Jeffrey VanDyke explores grief, disability, and fighting for our humanity: “We don’t just exist. We belong.”
Voters to weigh different approaches to housing affordability in November
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Housing
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October 24, 2026
Voters in four states will decide housing-related ballot measures in November, providing testing grounds for different strategies to boost affordable homes.
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People with disabilities deserve dignity, belonging, and ordinary lives, too
Muskegon, Mich., resident Jeffrey VanDyke explores grief, disability, and fighting for our humanity: “We don’t just exist. We belong.”
Voters to weigh different approaches to housing affordability in November
Voters in four states will decide housing-related ballot measures in November, providing testing grounds for different strategies to boost affordable homes.
State takeovers of struggling Texas school districts come at a high cost, with little evidence of success
Local school boards and district administrators typically determine how public schools are run. If students are not meeting basic academic standards, though, state governments sometimes step in and take over the day-to-day operations of entire school districts.
High-risk pregnancy doctors publish new standards for care under state abortion bans
A group of maternal-fetal medicine specialists has developed new guidelines to help providers in those states navigate legal risks for themselves and medical challenges for their high-risk patients, Stateline reports. 
New arrivals in the ER? Georgia gears up to solve rural maternal health crisis
Most of Georgia’s counties are without a labor and delivery unit. To fill those gaps, the state is looking to equip emergency rooms to handle obstetric emergencies. Advocates and doctors worry, however, that the ER is being used as a stopgap.
Think small, go far: Save gas with this one fun trick!
As gas prices climb, Kalamazoo residents are exploring e-bikes and other micromobility options to save money, improve transportation efficiency, and rethink how they get around safely.
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