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Michigan's Board of State Canvassers approved a recall petition against Grand Traverse County Prosecutor Noelle Moeggenberg, allowing organizers to begin collecting signatures.

Nurses with the Traverse City Munson Nurses Association — a local union — have reached a tentative agreement with Munson Hospital after months of negotiation. One of the big issues on the table throughout the bargaining sessions was the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare.

The Michigan Department of Corrections has announced a $10,000-a-year hike in starting pay at five Upper Peninsula prisons. U.P. prisons house about a fourth of the state’s inmates but record nearly three-fourths of assaults on prison staff.

Michigan recently announced a rebate program for homeowners who build tornado safe rooms. Many houses in Michigan are not constructed to withstand intense winds.

A former detainee says she was repeatedly sexually assaulted at the North Lake Processing Center and that her attempts to alert administrators initially went unheeded.

The President’s proposed budget would cut funding to efforts that improve public safety, the maritime economy and health on the Great Lakes, researchers say.

Bridge asked Michigan gubernatorial candidates about how they’d tackle the state’s most pressing environmental issues. The candidates responded directly to questions and concerns raised by readers.

Stories about a brave fisherman, owl babies, a controversial prison, and old journals brought reporting honors to IPR.

“Nobody gets into farming for sane reasons, other than the sanity of knowing where your food comes from and just general health,” said one student at the Great Lakes Incubator Farm, which teaches people how to work in agriculture.

IPR has obtained investigation records that show on the evening of Feb. 19, Randy Bishop, the husband of County Clerk Victoria Bishop, was seen by janitorial staff alone in her office, using the clerk’s computer, which has access to the Qualified Voter File.