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Time is running out for the several campaigns in the field to come up with 340,047 valid signatures.

An update on the State Board of Canvassers' hearing to decide which candidates will appear on the August primary ballot.Then we hear from GOP gubernatorial candidate and Michigan State Police Captain Mike Brown who has withdrawn from the race.And then two discussions about the recently released Federal investigation on Native Boarding Schools and their deadly legacy.

Michigan Bureau of Elections staff have recommended that half of the Republican candidates for governor be kept off the fall primary ballot, citing widespread problems with invalid, and sometimes fraudulent signatures. Now, the bipartisan Michigan Board of State Canvassers will determine which candidates are certified for the ballot.

The bureau’s review found 68 thousand signatures — all or most collected by paid circulators — that were likely forged, duplicates, or otherwise invalid.

Fraudulent signatures could cut short the campaigns of half the GOP gubernatorial primary field in Michigan. We discussed what this means for the 2022 election year. Also, a cutting edge research lab opens at Michigan State University. And, the complexities of polling on abortion.

Michigan Bureau of Elections staff are recommending that five of the Republican candidates for governor be kept off of the fall primary ballot.

Democrats claim they found fraud and date errors on nominating petitions for candidates James Craig, Tudor Dixon, and Perry Johnson.

How one local health official decided to spend COVID funds. Metro-Detroit poet discussed his latest work. Just how expensive has political petition gathering got?

A petition to change term limits and require financial disclosures for Michigan state lawmakers could start signature gathering next week.

The group Voters Not Politicians released a video that shows a paid petition circulator telling a signer that the petition would send the issue to a popular vote. But if the petition campaign gets enough signatures, the Republican-backed measure could bypass voters and go straight to the Republican-controlled state Legislature.