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The Michigan Supreme Court will be the next stop after a state elections panel deadlocked on allowing an abortion rights proposal to proceed to the November ballot. We have more from Rick Pluta.

We're getting settled into a new school year, but there's always time to squeeze in a good flick. WEMU's David Fair meets up again with Michigan Theater Foundation executive director Russ Collins to talk about the newest films and special screenings coming your way over the next week.

Do you like scary movies? Of course you do. It's Halloween! WEMU's David Fair and Michigan Theater Foundation executive director Russ Collins talk about the fright fest of films available in Ann Arbor as well as the newest films opening up at your local movie house.

It seems like paper and rubber bats are ever-present around the Halloween season. It's real bats we have to worry about. White-nose Syndrome is having a dramatic impact on overall bat populations in Michigan, and elsewhere. The ecological and economic impacts are already being felt, and the situation may get worse before it gets better. Dr. Allen Kurta is a biology professor at EMU and a noted bat expert. He joined WEMU's David Fair with the latest information.

Michigan officials are working to get everyone on the same page as we hit the two-week mark before the election. Colin Jackson has more.

Michigan has been an abortion rights battleground since June, when the US Supreme Court issued the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe versus Wade. Proposal 3 is an attempt to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. But the issue is more complex than a single up-or-down vote, and the controversy will almost certainly linger past the November election. Rick Pluta has more.

Democrats take both State Senate seats representing Washtenaw County.

A $180 million bond proposal is before Saline Area School district voters. As WEMU's Taylor Pinson reports, if approved, it would fund a variety of projects.

Now that all of the mid-term ballots have been counted, it's time to cast your vote for a good movie! WEMU's David Fair and Michigan Theater Foundation executive director, Russ Collins, made their weekly get-together today to discuss the newest films and special screenings heading to your local movie house this weekend.

There is growing evidence art plays a role in how we express ourselves, and ultimately, treat one another. That's why, for the first time in 2023, art will be part of the 21-Day Equity Challenge in Washtenaw County. WEMU's David Fair talks with local artist and equity activist Yen Azzaro, about using art to better understand implicit bias and racism's adverse impacts on the community around us.