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3 days ago | michiganpublic.org | Russell Lewis

The commissioner of Major League Baseball has removed Pete Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson and 15 other deceased players from the sport's permanent ineligibility list. The move clears the way for Rose, Jackson and others to potentially be voted into the Hall of Fame. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred made the decision after the Rose family filed an application to change the policy following Rose's death last year at age 83.

5 days ago | michiganpublic.org | Tracy Samilton

A bipartisan bill, HB 4399, would change state law to allow nurse practitioners to provide many kinds of medical services without having a contract with a supervising physician. The Michigan State Medical Society said the current system involves physician-led, collaborative care teams and is best for patient care.

6 days ago | michiganpublic.org | Brett Dahlberg

President Donald Trump signed a memo Friday directing the federal government to "achieve maximum speed and efficiency" on a project designed to block the spread of an invasive fish into the Great Lakes. The plan is to build a series of barriers to keep invasive carp from moving from the Mississippi River system to the Great Lakes through a lock-and-dam complex that connects the two water bodies. Trump directed a set of federal agencies to prioritize work on the barrier system.

1 week ago | michiganpublic.org | Sarah Cwiek

Does news content from traditional media outlets help Facebook's bottom line, or is it the other way around? That’s what researchers from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business sought to pin down in a new study. To do that, they looked at what happened to overall Facebook engagement and content creation when the social media giant briefly stopped sharing news content in Australia in 2021.

1 week ago | michiganpublic.org | Steve Carmody

Many Michigan corn growers will be busy this weekend planting their crops. An industry spokesperson says only about a quarter of corn acreage in the state has been planted this year due to cold, wet weather. But state corn growers learned this week they may be getting a boost from an unlikely source — the recent announcement of a framework for a new U.S. trade deal with the United Kingdom. As part of the deal, the United Kingdom is to buy more American ethanol, produced using corn.