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Wed., Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer lays out her new legislative year agenda for 2022.
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photo courtesy/CANVAA set of bills that would require Michigan to more frequently update signatures in its database of qualified voters received a hearing before the state House Elections and Ethics Committee Tuesday. -
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Tingey Injury Law Firm/UnsplashThe Michigan Supreme Court has struck down major parts of a law that placed additional restrictions on petition campaigns to initiate or challenge laws or to amend the state constitution.
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Photo courtesy/CanvaA court-ordered monitoring team has found Michigan’s child welfare system met fewer than half of the standards the team reviewed under the terms of a 2008 settlement in federal court.
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Courtesy/Sparrow Health SystemThe Department of Defense will send up to 25 military medical personnel to Sparrow Health System to help alleviate staffing shortages.
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Ferguson DevelopmentPlans for the site include creating access to educational and employment opportunities.
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PHOTO COURTESY/CANVAGov. Gretchen Whitmer will ask lawmakers to triple Michigan’s tax credit for low- and moderate-income workers, putting on average an extra $350 a year into their pockets.
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Ben Mysc/UnsplashThe amendment would let small-scale home businesses sell foods online and by mail.
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At the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour today, PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger announced a new effort in support of long-term, ongoing and comprehensive initiatives to diversify public media.
PODCAST: ¿Qué Onda Michigan?
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En el episodio del 21 de enero de ¿Qué Onda Michigan? Les traemos una conversación con una madre de dos sobre los desafíos que ella tiene al tratar de manejar todos los cambios y restricciones que están pasando en las escuelas en relacion con el coronavirus. Ademas, hablamos con una especialista en medicina familiar en la Universidad de Michigan sobre la situación del coronavirus que está sucediendo en Michigan y como los padres pueden estar más informados sobre las infecciones de clusters y los brotes en sus distritos.
Current Sports with Al Martin
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It's going to be hard to top what we watched this past weekend in the NFL.
MSU Today
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Henry Ford Health, one of the nation's leading integrated health systems, providing innovative, quality care for more than 100 years. And Michigan State University, one of the world's leading research universities, focused on advancing the common good for more than 160 years have joined forces to transform healthcare.
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Sun., Jan. 16 at 12 p.m. on Zoom | Join MSU and WKAR in honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for the Commemorative Celebration week with Mary Ellen Norwood-Ford (witness #43 to the MLK assassination).
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Fri., Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. on WKAR OVEE | Join MSU Libraries and WKAR in the final MLK conversation and screening featuring the NOVA film, Poisoned Water. RSVP HEREFrom NOVA on PBS, Poisoned Water investigates what happened in Flint, Michigan when local officials changed the city’s water source to save money, but overlooked a critical treatment process and exposed the community—including thousands of children—to dangerous levels of poison. Is there a way forward from chaos to community?
Mrs. Pizzo's Workshop | FAQs
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A: Wonder is an emotional response to curiosity and awe created from the adventure of exploring something new.
PODCAST: Life, Meet Tech
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Prabu David is joined by leading global futurist Shawn Dubravac for a peek into his crystal ball at the incredible future of consumer technology and the industrial economy.
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