Cheyna Roth and Jake Neher talk with WDET's Ryan Patrick Hooper about how the drastic response to the new coronavirus is affecting arts organizations and what it means for the arts to move largely online.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered all K-12 schools in Michigan to close until they're scheduled to reopen on April 6. That's in order to slow the spread of COVID-19. MichMash hosts Cheyna Roth and Jake Neher talk about how that decision will affect families -- especially low-income families.

Jake Neher and Cheyna Roth talk about why the first three months of legal marijuana sales have been slow and whether it can eventually catch up to other states. And a conversation with Michigan Cannabis Industry Association Executive Director Robin Schneider.

Ex-offenders face many obstacles when they’re released from prison. It’s especially hard for people with felonies on their records to find a place to live. Cheyna Roth and Jake Neher talk about how that problem plays out here in Michigan.

There’s a new push to close the wide gap in state funding for universities. Oakland University says no school should get less than $4500 dollars per student. As part of the weekly series MichMash, Jake Neher and Cheyna Roth talk about what you need to know about higher education funding in Michigan, and OU President Ora Pescovitz talks about the "Strive for 45" initiative.

Water levels are rising along Michigan’s shorelines. It’s a fact that has dominated the headlines recently – including stories of people’s houses potentially falling into the Great Lakes. But for those living in landlocked areas of the state, you might not realize that those coastal problems affect you too.

As part of the weekly series MichMash, MLive’s Cheyna Roth and WDET’s Jake Neher take a statewide look at the rising waters with MLive environmental reporter Paula Gardener.

Michigan State University professor of economics Charles Ballard talks with Cheyna Roth and Jake Neher about how Michigan residents are feeling about the economy.

On the heels of Gov. Whitmer's State of the State speech, Cheyna Roth and Jake Neher talk about three issues -- other than roads -- that could dominate headlines in Michigan throughout 2020.

Cheyna Roth and Jake Neher talk about how the situation fits into a long -- but quiet -- history of toxic masculinity at the state Capitol. And Roth speaks with MLive's Emily Lawler, a longtime Capitol correspondent, about whether this is Lansing's "reckoning" with #MeToo.

Jake Neher and Cheyna Roth talk about how this problem dredges up old debates over law enforcement and forensics.