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Today, why Republicans are changing their plan, encouraging voters to cast ballots absentee this year. Also, students and staff at Concordia University in Ann Arbor face major cutbacks, and an uncertain future for degree programs. Plus, a conversation with bestselling horror writer Josh Malerman, author of Bird Box. His new book is all about a young girl with an imaginary friend… one her parents quickly learn to dread.

Details on police breaking up the encampment at University of Michigan, a love connection via Lake Michigan, and a Michigan author's latest murder mystery.

Thoughts on the president's weekend visit to Detroit, and Detroit’s new population stats. Schools observe more cannabis access among young people since recreational use was legalized. And novelist Debra Payne brings us a story of connection and renewal set in Northern Michigan.

How Toledo is preparing for next week's solar eclipse, honoring the life and legacy of poet and activist John Sinclair, a novelist's contemporary riff on Jane Austen’s "Sense and Sensibility," and a documentary on jazz from Detroit premiering at the Detroit Free Press Film Festival.

Today on Stateside, tick talk, a lab in Detroit experimenting with biomaterial alternatives, and a preview of the next selection for Michigan Public's book club.

The ethics of juvenile life-without-parole sentences, a signing at Dearborn’s Green Brain Comics for the Spanish language edition of the graphic novel Frizzy, and a new biography about the life and influence of Michigan’s own, Madonna.

The latest on the United Auto Workers contract negotiations as the strike continues into week two. A Lansing-set novel explores the crossroads of technology, female empowerment and murder. A Flint community book club's selection and a rabbi's advice on caring for the elderly.

West Michigan's bad air day, Annisa Gray's new novel, and Lansing's potential as a destination town.

Today, we broke down how DTE cut its operations budget just months before the ice storm. Then, we heard about why Michigan may soon become a haven for those fleeing the effects of climate change elsewhere. Plus, why EVs pay less in road use taxes, and we ended by revisiting our conversation with Mattawan-based debut novelist Maria Dong

Southwest Michigan writer Maria Dong’s debut novel “Liar, Dreamer, Thief,” is a page-turning fantastical thriller. Her book is listed as a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by Goodreads and Overdrive.