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Michigan hospitals are struggling to maintain safe staffing levels. The state currently has a nursing shortage and many nurses say they plan to leave the profession.

On today's show, we discussed nurse understaffing and increased violence in schools. Plus, we heard about an affordable housing project and new changes to primary elections.

As the year comes to an end, Michigan hospitals are dealing with a surge of viral illnesses. Today, we spoke with a specialist about the factors behind this.

On today's show, we heard more about an RSV surge and the history of Native American photography, and took a look into a Michigan pregnancy crisis center.

Today on Stateside, Michigan residents mourn those lost as a result of the state's changes to the no-fault insurance law, and mid-size hospitals hit a rough financial patch. Plus, new developments in the Ford Motor Company business model and Michigan legislative term limits.

Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital is the latest in Michigan to be approved for federal support. Hospital leaders say the help is welcome, but it still won't be enough as COVID-19 cases rise.

A Beaumont pulmonologist provides an inside look at how hospitals are coping with a surge in cases. Then, how two Michigan photographers captured the grandmas of America. And, why climate change solutions must include Indigenous voices.

A Department of Defense team will extend its stay by 30 days at a Dearborn hospital, and Beaumont leaders are urging doctors to cancel elective procedures when possible.

The union, which represents 53 worker classifications, including nurses, pharmacists, social workers and therapists at Sparrow, would provide a 10-day notice before setting a strike date.

The system has reached peak hospitalizations, with 99 COVID in-patients spread across six of its northwest lower Michigan hospitals. The test positivity rate for the healthcare region is also a hair higher than the April surge—at 17.9%.