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Today on Stateside, a new report highlights how candidates preferred by Black voters are unlikely to win primary elections due to redistricting. Then, Plowshares Theatre producing artistic director talks about future of live theatre after the pandemic. Also, the shutdown of the Abbott baby formula factory that kicked off a nationwide shortage stemmed from an incident with a stun gun. Finally, two treaties made by the US could lead to drastically different outcomes for Line 5.

In 2013, a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. The dangers of oil trains are part of the controversy around Enbridge Line 5 — a pipeline running through the Straits of Mackinac. In part two of this series, we look at the risks of transporting crude oil by rail.

On this episode of Stateside, we recapped all we have learned about the GOP candidates running for governor. Then, an installation in downtown Ann Arbor commemorates the children lost during the ongoing war in Ukraine. Also, we continued the IPR miniseries on oil spills.

There’s no safe way to move crude oil across an entire continent. So what risks are we willing to take? And who bears the brunt of that risk? Over the next couple days, we'll be looking at times when transporting oil went horribly wrong. Today, we’ll hear about a pipeline that ruptured. Next time, we’ll consider the alternative.

Michigan's average gas price passed $5 a gallon, according to data from AAA. That's a 44-cent increase from last week's average.

The price of benchmark U.S. crude jumped 8% Tuesday to more than $129 per barrel.

An Enbridge work plan document shows areas where a protective coating around its twin oil pipelines running through Lake Michigan might be…

Officials with Enbridge Energy say they’ll spend $7 million over the next two years to buy new clean up tools in case there’s a spill along its Line 5…

There's been a lot of concern expressed about Enbridge's oil and natural gas liquids pipelines running under Lake Michigan at the Straits of Mackinac.But…

The scenario: Someone has spotted oil on Lake Michigan in the Straits of Mackinac. They place a call to an emergency response center.What happens…