Great Lakes shipping

On today’s program, environmental concerns over legislation to bring big data centers to Michigan. Then, a ballast water balancing act between U.S. and Canadian regulations for freighters on the Great Lakes. And, what you need to know about Bird Flu spreading to humans in our state.

Tensions rise between Israel and Iran, demystifying the algorithms of everyday life, and the risks of freighters to the Mackinac Bridge

A food co-op opening in Detroit, the best advice on resilience, the mystery behind the SS Arlington, and election year analysis of the issues facing and enthusiasm of Black voters from a longtime Detroit journalist.

Shipwreck researcher Dan Fountain, with help from the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, recently found the wreck of the merchant ship Arlington under more than 600 feet of water in Lake Superior.

Trains and trucks move the bulk of goods across the U.S. Some sailors say the Great Lakes waterways are underused shipping options and hope $17 billion of federal investment can help revitalize them.

The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission ordered to make quick changes, the Arab American experience though Dearborn voices, a Flint inventor who gave us two-sided toast and the electric oven, and delivering doughnuts on the Great Lakes.

As part of Michigan Public's Mornings in Michigan series, meet a Michigan harbormaster who welcomes visiting freight ship crews with sweet treats.

The St. Lawrence Seaway strike shut down 13 locks between Lake Erie and Montreal, bottling up ships in the Great Lakes and preventing more ships from coming in.

A strike has shut down all shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway, interrupting exports of grain and other goods from Canada and the United States via the Great Lakes to the rest of the world.