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Michigan News

Fungal outbreak threatens tricolored bat with extinction

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — U.S. officials are proposing to list the tricolored bat as endangered. It’s among a dozen bat species across the nation suffering sharp declines because of white-nose syndrome. The fungal disease disrupts their winter hibernation and leads to dehydration and ...

Michigan Supreme Court chief justice leaving bench this year

DETROIT (AP) — The chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court said Monday she will step down by the end of 2022, an announcement that followed a major decision affecting abortion rights and more than two years of steering the state’s judiciary through the COVID-19 pandemic. Bridget ...

Eastern Michigan University, faculty make deal ending strike

YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Striking Eastern Michigan University faculty members are returning to their classrooms, after their union reached an agreement with the university to end a walkout that started last week. University and union officials announced the tentative contract agreement Sunday ...

Special prosecutor to investigate GOP candidate

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and SARA BURNETT Associated Press LANSING, — A special prosecutor in Michigan has been appointed to investigate whether the Republican candidate for attorney general and others should be criminally charged for their attempts to gain access to voting machines after the ...

Eastern Michigan U. faculty strike for equity in health care

YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Several dozen faculty at Eastern Michigan University are striking after their union and the school’s administration failed to agree on a new labor contract. They held signs aloft Wednesday calling for a fair contract outside Welch Hall on the school’s Ypsilanti ...

Holiday air travel tops pre-pandemic levels for 1st time

For the first time since COVID-19 brought air travel to a standstill, the number of people streaming through U.S. airport-security checkpoints over a holiday weekend exceeded pre-pandemic levels. The summer travel season ended on a busy note as more than 8.7 million people passed through ...