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Today, we talk about the new Wayne County jail and the problems with the new site. Then, we hear why certain used EV owners are having a difficult time claiming the credit from the IRS. Later, the nuance in the battle of small Michigan towns and rural areas against renewable energy. Plus, the barriers faced by sickle cell anemia patients just looking to get basic care and pain management.

News of nuclear waste coming to a disposal facility in southeast Michigan is raising questions about how much say the public has in hazardous waste management in their communities. Here’s what you should know about the radioactive material coming to a Michigan hazardous waste disposal facility.

Lawmakers are hosting a town hall meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 4 to discuss public concerns about radioactive waste coming to a southeast Michigan facility.

On today's show, details about the upcoming transfer of radioactive waste to Wayne County, plans for a natural burial forest in Michigan with Points North, and a preview of this year's Detroit Month of Design.

Today, we talk to two Bridge Michigan reporters about how Chinese electric vehicles became a campaign issue for Michigan Republicans. Then, we talk to a psychology professor about how to get through an election year relatively anxiety free. Later, we speak to a journalist who recorded oral stories of female journalists that covered the COVID-19 pandemic around the globe. Plus: an essay on change.

A southeast Michigan waste disposal site will soon be home to nuclear waste from the Manhattan Project, the World War II effort to develop an atomic bomb.

A federal investigation launched in 2018 found that the Wayne County Jail routinely failed to provide critical services for inmates with disabilities. A new settlement lays out requirements for addressing those issues.

The new monitoring system keeping Detroiters and others in Wayne County aware of what’s in the air. Also, a new security system at Eastern Michigan University looks to AI to identify gun incidents on campus. And learning to sit quietly in your own skin - with nothing on. What two Michiganders learned taking on a side job posing for life drawing classes.

One hundred stationary air quality monitors are now operational, measuring pollutants like particulate matter, ozone, and nitrogen dioxide in real time, officials say.

A guide on how Michigan's legislature works, indigenous sugar bash practices, the over-assessment of Detroit's poorest properties, and the "art" of Zingerman's.