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Michigan Medicine and Sparrow Health System are now under one umbrella. As we hear from WEMU’s Cathy Shafran, the merger received regulatory approval and went into effect on April 1st.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer made stops Tuesday in Lansing and Brighton to build support for her 2023 agenda as she prepares to deliver her fifth State of the State address tonight. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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Michigan’s attorney general is setting her sights forward following the sentencing of three men Thursday in a plot to kidnap the governor. Colin Jackson has more.
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After years of continuous leadership, the Michigan State Capitol Commission is changing hands. Colin Jackson has more.
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In addition to the purchase of Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital, the University of Michigan Board of Regents, on Thursday, also approved about $35- million-dollars to relocate and expand services at the health systems' Ypsilanti Health Care facility. WEMU’s Cathy Shafran has more.
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The US Justice Department has filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against the City of Lansing. The lawsuit claims the Lansing city jail fired a Seventh Day Adventist after she said she could not to work a shift that fell during her religion’s sabbath. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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The petition campaign to enshrine abortion rights in the Michigan Constitution turned in signed petitions Monday to put the question on the November ballot. Organizers say an amendment would end any uncertainty in Michigan on whether abortion is legal in the state after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe versus Wade. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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After a couple years of construction, the latest addition to the Michigan state Capitol is almost finished. Colin Jackson has more.
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Medical professionals who train doctors, advanced practice nurses, and physician assistants would get a tax break under a bill package in the Michigan Senate. Colin Jackson has more.
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Advocates for municipal or community power utilities in Ann Arbor believe that moving away from a centralized, privately held utility provider to one that is owned and operated by the local government or another state body will provide a better service to the public. It is part of a larger energy conversation being held around the state and country. WEMU’s David Fair checked in with 53rd District State House Representative Yousef Rabhi (D-Ann Arbor) to see what movement is being made locally and in state government.