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It's Just Politics' hosts Zoe Clark and Rick Pluta dig into the new economic polling from the Financial Times/University of Michigan Ross School of Business showing Vice President Kamala Harris leading for the first time this election cycle former President Donald Trump on who voters trust to handle the economy.
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We explore the potential impact of Ohio's upcoming redistricting ballot measure. Plus, we hear a family's story about navigating life with a rare genetic disorder, and we bring you the results from the second annual Collard Greens Cookoff in Detroit. -
Prosecutors in Michigan have struck a deal with a pharmacist who is blamed for deaths from a national meningitis outbreak in 2012. -
Lansing tangled with titans, kept the network’s shows on the air even as its offices closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and steered NPR through what he defined as an “existential” financial crisis. -
I'm so rested and relaxed I'm complimenting government agencies! So you can understand why I'm looking to avoid anything that will harsh this particular mellow. Say, for example, salty old Republican politicians who want to fill me with fear and anger. -
Today, a conversation with multidisciplinary artist Jeffrey Augustine Songco about his conceptual approach to art, his family, and inspiration. -
A Detroit judge has been sidelined for ordering a teenager into jail clothes and handcuffs while she was on a field trip to his courtroom. -
The Michigan attorney general’s office is joining a new partnership with federal regulators to catch labor violations. -
Michigan’s jobless rate edged up slightly in July to 4.4%. The big driver of that number was people joining the labor market. -
Michigan communities grapple with how to spend opioid settlement funds. Plus, writer Rewa Zeinati reflects on themes of belonging and identity in her new collection of poems.
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The agency announced it is launching a new alert system similar to Amber Alerts for missing children. California and some other states have already adopted alerts for missing Indigenous persons. -
The White House announced new Medicare drug prices for 10 medicines popular with beneficiaries. It's the first time the federal program has negotiated lower prices with the pharmaceutical industry. -
Federal employee unions are fervently supporting Kamala Harris for president, in part because they like her pro-labor policies, but just as much because they fear a second Trump term.
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Today, we talk with a BBC reporter who has been looking into Michigan’s history with women candidates, and what VP Harris can learn from these female leaders. Also, a conversation with writer, Craig Maki, on his new book telling the history of Detroit's first underground record label. -
The pharmacy chain Rite Aid says it's closing all of its stores in Michigan. -
Federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities in Michigan have teamed up in an effort to capture suspects alleged to have committed some serious sex offenses. -
Vance was in the Grand Rapids suburb of Byron Center on Wednesday.
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