Michigan’s online system is supposed to detect physicians and patients who abuse prescription painkillers. But the current version is so slow most doctors don’t even bother. And a bill to update the system hardly seems a cure-all.
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Citizens cannot do their job of running their government if they don’t know what their public servants are doing.
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Map: Addiction's deadly trail
Michigan has not been left out of the opioid epidemic that has engulfed the nation in recent years
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Northern Michigan counties vulnerable to HIV, hepatitis C outbreaks
Federal public health officials say 11 poor and rural Michigan counties share characteristics that make them ripe for illness, much of it stemming from drug abuse.
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Map: Michigan counties share growing HIV risk
Eleven counties in rural northern Michigan are vulnerable to an HIV outbreak, according to the CD
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How secret donors tried to shape Michigan’s next House GOP caucus
Mystery groups funded attacks against at least 7 GOP candidates for the state House before the recent primary. State campaign finance law makes it difficult to know who is funding these attacks.
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Politics meets facts on free-trade deals in Michigan
Expect plenty of anti-free-trade rhetoric this fall as the Clinton-Trump presidential campaign hits Michigan. But the economic record doesn’t quite match the rhetoric.
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Missing in action: Michigan's primary voters
Dozens of state House primary races will likely shape both parties for years to come. And yet 4-in-5 voters are expected to stay home on Aug. 2
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Amid guns and violence and police shootings, a program that works
Operation Ceasefire, designed to get police and young people talking and taking responsibility, has shown results in cities across the nation. Kalamazoo is betting it can work there, too
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As hunting wanes, selling Michigan to a new outdoors generation
Critics say the state must better promote a $19-billion industry built on biking, kayaking and other pursuits to attract young adventurists, and residents. More REI than Cabela’s.
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Blue-collar Duluth transformed by outdoor tourism economy
A once-declining industrial city now breathes new life by banking on its outdoor recreation assets