NPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94 Stories from Michigan Radio. NPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94 Michigan Radio Mon, 09 Mar 2020 16:55:26 +0000 https://www.michiganradio.org Even after Michigan Democrats vote in Tuesday’s primary, the same conversations will keep playing out in living rooms and bars across the state. The progressive wing vs. the moderates. Bernie Sanders vs. Joe Biden. Everyone knows the talking points: electability, polling, turnout. You get the feeling any one of them could be abruptly teleported to a cable news studio onto a live panel discussion. https://www.michiganradio.org/post/every-democrat-michigan-having-same-conversation-right-now 41717 as https://www.michiganradio.org Mon, 09 Mar 2020 14:55:32 +0000 Every Democrat in Michigan is having the same conversation right now. Michigan Radio Job Summary Michigan Radio is looking for a producer to join our growing podcast team! The ideal candidate is a seasoned audio producer who can work on multiple projects at a time. You have a great ear for stories, love to edit tape, and are highly organized. You’re a self-starter who meets deadlines and also likes to collaborate. https://www.michiganradio.org/post/podcast-producer-0 41716 as https://www.michiganradio.org Mon, 09 Mar 2020 14:41:29 +0000 Podcast Producer Michigan dominated the Democratic presidential campaign trail this weekend. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders kicked off the weekend with a rally in Detroit Friday night. At the TCF Center, Sanders told thousands of his supporters he and former Vice President Joe Biden have pledged to support the Democratic Party’s nominee. He says defeating Donald Trump is what matters most. https://www.michiganradio.org/post/sanders-spends-weekend-campaigning-throughout-michigan-ahead-tuesdays-presidential-primary 41713 as https://www.michiganradio.org Mon, 09 Mar 2020 12:15:32 +0000 Sanders spends weekend campaigning throughout Michigan ahead of Tuesday's presidential primary Doug Tribou Michigan is a large, diverse state, and presidential candidates have been courting minority voters here in the days leading up to Tuesday’s primaries. For a closer look at the influence of minority populations in this election cycle, Michigan Radio Morning Edition host Doug Tribou spoke with Michigan State University political science professor Nazita Lajevardi . https://www.michiganradio.org/post/biden-sanders-compete-minority-voters-michigan 41703 as https://www.michiganradio.org Mon, 09 Mar 2020 09:30:00 +0000 Biden, Sanders compete for minority voters in Michigan Tracy Samilton As of Sunday night, 34 states (and the District of Columbia) in the U.S. now have at least one confirmed case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The New York Times is tracking cases in a database using information from federal, state and local officials, and the Times reports there are more than 530 confirmed cases in the U.S. Twenty-two people have died. https://www.michiganradio.org/post/some-things-know-if-novel-coronavirus-makes-it-michigan 41705 as https://www.michiganradio.org Mon, 09 Mar 2020 02:13:22 +0000 Some things to know if the novel coronavirus makes it to Michigan Steve Carmody A pair of storm sewers are being rerouted around Flint’s former Buick City site to try and keep PFAS out of the Flint River. “We have on the site some storm water lines, old ones, that when they’re below the groundwater table, contaminated groundwater can leak into those storm sewers and migrate to the river,” says Grant Trigger. He's the cleanup manager for the former General Motors properties in Michigan. Trigger says they’ll spend the next three to four months replacing more than 3,600 feet of storm sewer lines. https://www.michiganradio.org/post/new-storm-sewer-lines-curb-pfas-leaking-flint-river 41712 as https://www.michiganradio.org Sun, 08 Mar 2020 17:00:00 +0000 New storm sewer lines to curb PFAS leaking into the Flint River When we say we don't know jack about something, it's not immediately clear that we're toeing the line with taboo territory. Allow us to explain. https://www.michiganradio.org/post/twts-know-jack-not-know-jack 41715 as https://www.michiganradio.org Sun, 08 Mar 2020 15:47:35 +0000 TWTS: To know jack is to not know jack Steve Carmody Flint voters on Tuesday are being asked to support a change in how their school taxes are spent. Voters are being asked to approve extending a current millage that raises money for capital expenses. But school officials are asking voters to allow the millage to be used to pay down the district's debt more quickly. If voters approve, the restructured millage would enable the Flint school district to pay down its debts in seven years, instead of the 16 years that it is projected to do now. Derrick Lopez is Flint’s school superintendent. He’s been meeting with skeptical parents and others to promote the vote. “It’s important for us to recognize that skepticism exists. It’s a healthy skepticism because of what has happened in the past,” says Lopez. “But my commitment to the board and to the community here is that we will be good stewards of the dollars if people invest in the district.” Lopez says if the millage fails on Tuesday, the school district they will ask voters to consider it https://www.michiganradio.org/post/plan-reduce-flint-school-debt-tuesdays-ballot 41711 as https://www.michiganradio.org Sat, 07 Mar 2020 19:13:00 +0000 Plan to reduce Flint school debt on Tuesday's ballot The Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan health insurers say they will cover the cost of medically necessary tests for the new coronavirus for people covered under employer and individual health plans. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, meanwhile, announced late Friday the waiving of testing and treatment fees for Medicaid recipients. Michigan currently has no known COVID-19 cases, but infections have been identified in about half of the states. Plans that will waive copays and deductibles for testing costs include Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Care Network, Priority Health, CVS Health, McLaren and Meridian. The change won't apply to large employers that self-insure but use insurers to administer benefits. https://www.michiganradio.org/post/michigan-health-insurers-medicaid-cover-costs-medically-necessary-coronavirus-tests 41714 as https://www.michiganradio.org Sat, 07 Mar 2020 17:22:22 +0000 Michigan health insurers, Medicaid to cover costs of medically necessary coronavirus tests Daniel Howes The biggest of the United Auto Workers’ bad apples fell to earth this week in the crackdown on union corruption. The feds charged former President Gary Jones with embezzling union funds in a racketeering conspiracy … and with defrauding the IRS of income taxes. Each of the counts could land the 63-year-old union leader in prison for up to five years. https://www.michiganradio.org/post/howes-government-takeover-uaw-near-certainty 41706 as https://www.michiganradio.org Sat, 07 Mar 2020 13:00:00 +0000 Howes: Government takeover of the UAW a "near certainty" Kaye LaFond Enbridge Energy is advancing plans for a bedrock tunnel for its Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac. https://www.michiganradio.org/post/plans-move-forward-tunnel-under-straits-mackinac 41710 as https://www.michiganradio.org Fri, 06 Mar 2020 23:52:18 +0000 Plans move forward for tunnel under Straits of Mackinac Officials say five people who worked in a Michigan wildlife disease lab were diagnosed last year with a latent form of tuberculosis. The Department of Natural Resources lab processes thousands of deer heads during hunting season to check for chronic wasting disease and bovine TB. https://www.michiganradio.org/post/five-workers-michigan-wildlife-lab-diagnosed-latent-form-tuberculosis 41709 as https://www.michiganradio.org Fri, 06 Mar 2020 23:48:13 +0000 Five workers at Michigan wildlife lab diagnosed with latent form of tuberculosis Stateside Staff Today on Stateside , as the remaining presidential contenders make for Michigan, can Bernie Sanders repeat his success of 2016 in Tuesday’s primary? Or will Joe Biden close the sale with voters he's connected with in the past? Plus, a renewal millage to fund the Detroit Institute of Arts is on the ballot in three counties. Some Detroit residents think the museum has taken attention away from more pressing challenges in the city. https://www.michiganradio.org/post/stateside-michigan-dems-roll-out-primary-endorsements-challenges-farmers-dia-renewal-millage 41707 as https://www.michiganradio.org Fri, 06 Mar 2020 21:20:20 +0000 Stateside: Michigan Dems roll out primary endorsements; challenges for farmers; DIA renewal millage Stateside Staff Super Tuesday has thrust Michigan into the spotlight. The state is the top prize in the Democratic presidential primary next week with 125 delegates. On our Friday political roundup, we heard about what we can expect between now and Tuesday. We also talked about the closing of furniture chain Art Van, and the news that State Senator Pete Lucido (R-Shelby Township) has been removed from one of his committee chairmanships. That comes after several women who work in politics and journalism at the Capitol say Lucido was inappropriate with them. https://www.michiganradio.org/post/roundup-michigan-candidate-endorsements-rip-art-van-sen-lucido-s-punishment 41708 as https://www.michiganradio.org Fri, 06 Mar 2020 21:07:48 +0000 Roundup: Michigan candidate endorsements, RIP Art Van, Sen. Lucido’s punishment Doug Tribou Political parties usually love to get voters to switch to their side, but sometimes they’d just as soon have them stay put. Primaries can be a time of political tricks by party loyalists who switch their stripes for a day in order to influence the other party's results. https://www.michiganradio.org/post/will-party-switching-michigan-voters-tip-results-other-partys-primary 41676 as https://www.michiganradio.org Fri, 06 Mar 2020 13:18:20 +0000 Will party-switching Michigan voters tip results in other party's primary? John Auchter I'm sure many of you have seen the meme going around social media meant to assuage voters whose preferred presidential candidate has dropped. It's just a block of words that says this: Time to remember the best voting advice I have heard: Voting isn't marriage, it's public transportation. You are not waiting for "the one" who is absolutely perfect. You are getting the bus. And if there isn't one going exactly to your destination, you don't stay at home and sulk — you take the one going closest to where you want to be. It's not attributed to anyone, which is good because most of these "quote memes" end up being attributed to the wrong person (or are simply made up). In any case, it's a reasonable analogy and decent advice. I'm trying my best to take it. It just would be so much easier if Sanders would stop insisting that he can explain the difference between "democratic socialism" and "socialism" to the American public. And if Biden would never ever never use the term "Joementum" again. https://www.michiganradio.org/post/auchters-art-and-then-there-were-two 41692 as https://www.michiganradio.org Fri, 06 Mar 2020 13:00:00 +0000 Auchter's Art: And then there were two Sarah Cwiek Something happened this week that we’ve known was coming for awhile. https://www.michiganradio.org/post/corruption-charges-against-ex-president-uaw-crossroads 41702 as https://www.michiganradio.org Fri, 06 Mar 2020 00:08:45 +0000 With corruption charges against ex-president, UAW at a crossroads MaKayla Ealy As spring breaks wrap up, university campuses across the state are preparing for students and faculty returning from travel abroad with coronavirus anxieties in mind. Universities are prompting returning students to self-monitor for symptoms. Faculty, students and staff traveling to or from China, South Korea, Italy, or Iran are being told to self-quarantine for 14 days before returning to campus. Michael Vrooman is the Chief International Officer for Grand Valley State University. He says students there should miss minimal instruction time. "Specifically for faculty, encourage them to be flexible in terms of assignments, and deadlines, and to consider some of the distance-based formats," he says. Many universities have halted study abroad programs in countries with level three CDC travel warnings and are discouraging personal or school-related travel there. No cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, have been reported in Michigan yet. Symptoms include coughing, https://www.michiganradio.org/post/people-return-spring-break-michigan-college-campuses-want-some-self-quarantine 41691 as https://www.michiganradio.org Fri, 06 Mar 2020 00:05:19 +0000 As people return from spring break, Michigan college campuses want some to self-quarantine Abigail Censky Less than a week ahead of the Michigan presidential primary , Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is warning results may come late. She says there’s been an 80% increase in absentee ballots . https://www.michiganradio.org/post/jocelyn-benson-says-results-michigan-s-tuesday-primary-will-likely-be-late 41701 as https://www.michiganradio.org Thu, 05 Mar 2020 23:34:02 +0000 Jocelyn Benson says results from Michigan’s Tuesday primary will likely be late Tracy Samilton Federal prosecutors have charged Gary Jones, the former President of the United Auto Workers, with three felonies, including embezzlement. Jones is the highest-ranking official charged so far in an FBI investigation of corruption in the union. https://www.michiganradio.org/post/former-uaw-president-gary-jones-charged-embezzlement-racketeering-tax-evasion 41700 as https://www.michiganradio.org Thu, 05 Mar 2020 23:19:31 +0000 Former UAW President Gary Jones charged with embezzlement, racketeering, tax evasion