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An Ann Arbor doctor is being credited with research that could change the way oxygen levels are registered for people of color. WEMU’s Cathy Shafran explains.

The open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act, or the ACA, kicks off tomorrow. The federally funded health insurance marketplace has made some changes that are expected to close some gaps in coverage. WEMU’s Josh Hakala reports.

Michigan’s governor wants state agencies to find new ways to lower the cost of insulin for residents. Colin Jackson has more.

Nurses at the University of Michigan have overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new, four-year contract agreement by a 95% margin. WEMU’s David Fair has more on the new deal with Michigan Medicine.

Tax cuts and economic incentives could be coming as Michigan lawmakers get ready to return this week from their summer break. Colin Jackson has more.

Michigan’s August jobs report was released Wednesday, and it shows more people found work last month as the jobless rate dropped one-tenth of one percent. It’s now 4.1 percent. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The faculty strike at Eastern Michigan University is over. The EMU administration and the roughly 500 tenured and tenure-track faculty represented by the EMU American Association of University Professors have come to an agreement. WEMU's Josh Hakala reports.

Marathon bargaining sessions over the weekend finally put Eastern Michigan University and the union representing its professors on the same page. A tentative agreement with the EMU chapter of the American Association of University Professors is another step forward in getting campus back to normal operation. EMU vice president of communications, Walter Kraft, joined WEMU's David Fair to tout the progress.

Marathon bargaining over the weekend paid off and professors at Eastern Michigan University will be back in the classroom today. As WEMU's David Fair reports, a tentative contract agreement between EMU administration and the union representing professors was announced just after midnight, bringing an end to a nearly week-long strike.

Nearly 500 faculty members at Eastern Michigan University voted to go on strike Tuesday night. As WEMU’s Josh Hakala found out, many EMU students woke up with classes canceled.