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A 15-minute phone call from the Wayne County Jail, at $4.20, is among the highest rates in the state. The county's contract for jail telecommunications brings in at least $1.75 million a year for the county.
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The dogs "are surprisingly in pretty good condition,” said Veronica Letts, an animal care technician with the Humane Society of Midland County. “They are up to date with their vaccinations, for the most part, but they are not in the slightest injured.” -
In Michigan and across the United States, inmates and their families face high costs associated with incarceration. In Washtenaw County, Sheriff Jerry Clayton is working to reduce those costs.
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House Dems to attempt censure of GOP Representative accused of helping with voting machine tamperingMichigan House Democrats are seeking to punish a Republican colleague for allegedly facilitating illegal access to voting machines after the 2020 election.
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Fertilizer that runs off farm fields can fuel cyanobacterial blooms on lakes and rivers. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack estimated 28% of U.S. cropland is over-fertilized.
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Michigan has some of the highest average costs for calling people in jail. Beenish Ahmed, criminal justice correspondent for Michigan Radio, explained why. Then, Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton discussed his efforts to reduce the costs incurred by incarcerated people and their families.
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On today's show, we heard more information about a water main break in Southeast Michigan as well as recent difficulties within Michigan's cannabis industry. A special feature explored Colon Magic Week, and one Sheriff discussed reforms for the cost of incarceration.
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At Colon's annual Magic Week, amateurs and professionals wow audiences and share the grand history of the Magic Capital of the World.
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Seven county prosecutors who favor abortion rights have filed a brief with the Michigan Supreme Court. They’d like a ruling that abortion rights are protected by the Michigan Constitution.
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We talk to MSU entomology professor Ned Walker about why mosquitos in Michigan aren't what they used to be.
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Key testimony expected in kidnapping trial after judge warned lawyers about "wasting time" last weekDefense attorneys are trying to prove Barry Croft and Adam Fox were entrapped by the FBI. But federal judge Robert Jonker warned last week that they were losing the jury's attention.
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The Great Lakes Water Authority said Saturday that it was working to isolate a break on a 120-inch water main in Port Huron. The authority said that water main is the largest in its system.
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A challenge filed with the Michigan Court of Appeals seeks to overturn a decision that Governor Gretchen Whitmer cannot be forced to testify in an abortion rights case.
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The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency has retroactively seized money from people it says received pandemic-related federal supplemental unemployment they didn’t actually qualify for. That led to a lawsuit from some affected people who say the state has no right to punish them for its own mistake without due process.
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The Michigan health department lifted its do-not-contact recommendation Friday evening after testing by environmental investigators found less than 20 pounds of carcinogenic hexavalent chromium likely made its way into Norton Creek from an accidental discharge by Tribar Technologies in Wixom. The state's initial estimate was more than 4,000 pounds.
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Tires were slashed and graffiti was spray painted at the home of Tribar Technologies CEO Kevin Cramton.
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Michigan Democrats brought the fight over Social Security to the state GOP headquarters Friday ahead of the federal benefit program turning 87 this weekend.
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