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State Cuts: Advocates Of Early Childhood Ed Bristle Against Senate Proposed Budget
07/03/2009
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Advocates of early-childhood education are bristling against the budget passed in the state Senate before its summer break. It would also eliminate the state preschool program, called Great Start Readiness.

More Confusion On Wine Shipping From The Federal Courts
07/03/2009
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A new federal court ruling says states can ban wine shipments from out-of-state retailers, even if they allow in-state retailers to ship directly to customers.

More dead shorebirds at Sleeping Bear
07/02/2009
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Biologists at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore found 40 dead seagulls on beaches yesterday.  

The long-time head of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians has been unseated.
07/01/2009
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Voters in the Harbor Springs-area tribe have chosen to replace Frank Ettawageshik with Ken Harrington.

Piping Plovers
07/01/2009
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It's shaping-up to be a banner year for the Piping Plover. The Great Lakes population of the small shorebird has been listed as an endangered species since 1986. At that time, there were right around a dozen nesting pairs. Today, more than 60 are sitting on nests around the Great Lakes.
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IPR Special

Michigan Writers on the Air
This month on Michigan Writers on the Air, Elmore Leonard and his son Peter will talk about crime fiction and their newest books, Road Dogs and Trust Me. College professor and summer resident Mary Beth Pope will read some of her new work, and Poet Fleda Brown will provide a thoughtful commentary.

Local Arts & Culture

Taming of the Shrew

The Interlochen Shakespeare Festival is staging "The Taming of the Shrew" this summer. In this lighthearted production, Shakespeare's battle of the sexes is set in an early 19th-century circus. IPR's Brad Aspey visited a rehearsal.

Gretchen Palmer

Gretchen Palmer has been a visual artist for exactly three months. But her decorated eggs have already wound up in a Traverse City gallery and an Interlochen gift shop. IPR’s Brad Aspey paid her a visit.

Traverse City Film Festival

This week, the Traverse City Film Festival released some of the highlights for this summer’s event.

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Points North

Beach Wars
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The state court of appeals has muddied the water at beaches where public roads end or run closely along the shore. Hear more this week on Points North.