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Interviews paint a picture of disarray and indifference during much of the pandemic – problems that appear to have improved in late 2021, once the county switched medical providers. Especially in the early days of the pandemic, fear moved from cell to cell.

The latest stories about what the end of Roe v. Wade means legally, politically, and medically for Michiganders.
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The Education Trust - Midwest's annual State of Michigan Education Report says K-12 education outcomes are in a "rut," have been for decades, and will significantly worsen by the year 2030 if nothing is done.
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If successful, the Let MI Kids Learn petition would create state tax credits for individual or corporate donations to fund student scholarship programs. Critics claim the program will reduce funding for the state’s public schools.
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The state plans to renovate buildings, contribute to startup funding and recruit staff.
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Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson will not be sending absentee ballot request forms to all voters this year.
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A return to school masking and timely COVID data reporting are among new demands from a Michigan parent group.
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Starting this week, Detroiters will be able to visit a city site, get tested for COVID-19, and receive treatment pills — all for free.
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The city says Monday that collection efforts and water service disconnections that were suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic will restart July 18.
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During the raid, MSP troopers knocked down the home’s front door and held the family until the officers realized they had been given incorrect information in a murder investigation.
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On today's podcast, two county prosecutors weigh in on what they'll do if Roe v Wade is overturned.
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The fraught status of Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline, which is still operating a year after Governor Whitmer’s deadline to stop. Folk musician May Erlewine’s new album. And, a Republican prosecutor’s plan to apply Michigan’s 1931 ban on abortion if Roe is overturned.
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The Great Lakes News Collaborative asked state and national experts how Michigan could break the cycle of underfunding and poor decision-making that has left water systems across Michigan in sorry shape.
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Hospitals say they are losing nurses, direct care aides and other necessary staff to early retirements or better paying jobs and they don't have the money to lure them back.
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MISO, the operator of the electric grid that includes Michigan, warns there's not enough firm electric generation capacity to meet the expected peak demand this summer.
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More electric vehicle chargers coming to state parks along Lake Michigan this summer.
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Demonstrations were held in Ann Arbor, Detroit and other Michigan cities.
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COVID-19 case numbers are rising again, but experts say that due to the prevalence of rapid home tests there are likely many more cases than reported. One indicator is the statewide test positivity rate, which is now averaging above 16%.
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A defamation lawsuit against ESPN and one of its reporters is moving forward after a Michigan Court of Appeals decision.
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Kalamazoo-based poet Diane Seuss has been writing acclaimed works of literature for decades, and this month she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her evocative memoir, frank:sonnets.
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