Lester Graham
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Michigan Radio
Language in the Senate bill seeks to restrict local health departments from issuing health orders relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and outlines requirements for issuing reports on the orders to the Legislature.
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A state elections board has approved a summary of a petition that would tighten Michigan’s voter ID laws. -
Benton Harbor residents with elevated lead levels in their city drinking water will temporarily receive bottled water from the state.
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A conversation with Jerry Dennis on his latest book, "Up North in Michigan: A Portrait of Place in Four Seasons."
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The first ever citizen led redistricting process is going through some growing pains. We'll check in with a political reporter about the process. Then, Great Lakes inspired mosaics from artist Michelle Sider. And, why it's raining acorns and walnuts this fall.
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Health officials are giving some residents of the City of Flat Rock the OK to return home after being urged to evacuate after a recent gasoline leak.
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The next state budget is now in the governor’s hands, just one day after most details of both spending plans became public.
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Gov. Whitmer has announced a number of other proposals to make Michigan more electric vehicle friendly.
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Juwan Deering was convicted in 2005 of setting a house fire that killed five children in Royal Oak Township. On Tuesday, a judge granted a joint prosecution and defense motion to overturn those convictions, saying Deering's trial violated his constitutional rights.
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Today on Stateside, things get real for car crash victims under auto insurance reforms. Also, how a couple of COVID cases and a lack of qualified substitute teachers shut down one Michigan school district. And writer Jerry Dennis talks about life up north, and changes he’s observed.
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The implementation of auto insurance reforms this summer is creating major problems for people injured in catastrophic collisions. Providers of at-home care have hit a wall requesting payments that have kept patients alive for years. That's putting the entire industry at risk of collapse.
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Whitmer told the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual Mackinac Island Conference that federal COVID money could be used to help workers upgrade their skills and create new infrastructure
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The LMAS health district in the U.P. doesn’t have any intensive care beds, so some sick patients have to wait for care.
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After a unanimous city council vote, Dearborn police will get access to live school security footage. Some residents and civil rights activists are concerned it will infringe on civil liberties and privacy.
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Kent County commissioners received an alarming email recently from health director Adam London detailing threats of violence and intimidation made against him, his colleagues, and his family. The threats were from parents angry about the county-wide schools mask mandate.
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On today’s Stateside podcast, anger over a school mask mandate in Kent County has led to threats against the head of the health department.
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75 year old John Douglas Allen is facing extortion and other charges
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Challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic are worsening an already bad shortage of school bus drivers, and it's impacting how they serve students.
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The national Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) rate for 2020 alone was 9.1%, a 2.6 percentage point drop from the previous year.
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Eastpointe Middle School moved to virtual learning this week, after several teachers resigned, leaving the school short-staffed.
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The popular Grand Rapids ArtPrize event has returned after a COVID hiatus with major changes to award voting. Plus, a spotlight on one of this year's artists, Tiffany Manning, who collected 100 local women's stories for the Feminine Soul Project.
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Today on Stateside, what election day looks like on the other side of the Detroit River. Also, the Mackinac Policy Conference gets underway, hoping to show Michigan can still get along. And we check in with Art Prize in Grand Rapids.
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Health care workers are up against a new pandemic challenge: unvaccinated COVID-19 patients who are in denial about their condition or refuse to accept doctors' advice.
Issues & Ale: Michigan Politics Roundtable
Wednesday, September 29, 6:30 p.m.
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Wednesday, September 29, 6:30 p.m.
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Paulette Parker
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Michigan Radio
Physically and emotionally exhausted from seeing patient after patient die of COVD-19 complications—some after refusing vaccination and medical counsel—Beaumont pulmonologist Dr. Matthew Trunsky took to Facebook to voice his frustrations.
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Caroline Llanes
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Michigan Radio
Ann Arbor City Council considers the future of the city's drinking water source and its water treatment plant.
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Michigan Radio
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