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The dunes in Silver Lake State Park in Mears, MI are unstable. They shift so much throughout the year that the sand has swallowed a farm, a forest and several cottages. We talked with a homeowner who is working to push back the dunes.

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On Sunday, hundreds of people gathered in a large park in Oxford, Michigan. They were there for a fundraiser and groundbreaking ceremony for Hana's Garden. When completed, the garden will be a memorial for the four children killed in the Oxford High School shooting: Hana St. Juliana, Madisyn Baldwin, Tate Myre, and Justin Shilling. The family behind the garden memorial hopes it will also be a place for the Oxford community to find healing in the wake of unimaginable tragedy. 

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April Van Buren, Stateside producer 

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Photography and creative direction duo Gerard + Belevender take on the “if you can’t beat em, join em” approach when it comes to AI in the photography/marketing industry. They “collaborations” with AI in their food photography work has produced some interesting and controversial work. 

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In Ohio, voters will be asked this week to decide a ballot measure that would substantially raise the bar for future ballot measures. Instead of just getting a majority of voters to approve, future campaigns might need 60%. It has the potential to throw a roadblock in front of one of our region’s hottest topics: access to abortion care. 

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Karen Kasler, statehouse bureau chief, Ohio Public Radio and TV/ideastream

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The search for efficient, renewable fuels has led one transit system in West Michigan straight to the toilet. On today's pod, Stateside producer April Van Buren travels to the city of Grand Rapids to learn how they are turning human waste into fuel to help power its bus fleet.

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April Van Buren, Stateside producer 

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This week a historic building connected to the Chinese community in Detroit was torn down. City officials determined there was no legal standing to prevent Olympia Development from tearing down a former community hub on Cass Ave. This is a brief history of the Chinese community in Detroit, and the significance of the building.

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Richard Mui, Michigan’s Association of Chinese Americans

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A special prosecutor charged two Michigan politicians this week with crimes related to the 2020 election. We dig into the details against the charges against Matt DePerno and former state Representative Daire Rendon, and what it means for the Michigan GOP and the Trump campaign.

Find Michigan Radio's coverage of the charges here.

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Rick Pluta, senior capitol correspondent, Michigan Public Radio Network

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Steve Amick joins us to talk about the inspiration and the writing process behind his latest book,You Shall See the Beautiful Things. Set in a small fishing village in 1889, the book explores the intertwining lives of its eccentric characters, unveiling their secrets, dreams, and desires.

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Steve Amick is the author of the novels Nothing But a Smile and The Lake, the River & the Other Lake. 

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To the relief of many car crash survivors across the state, the Michigan Supreme Court decided benefit caps in the 2019 auto no-fault law do not apply retroactively. So what does this means moving forward for all Michiganders?

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Tracy Samilton, Michigan Radio reporter

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In a remote corner of the Thumb region lies the largest collection of petroglyphs in Michigan. The stone carvings were created hundreds of years ago by the Indigenous people of this land. Today, tribal and state partners are working together to preserve the site for generations to come.

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