by Kyle Kaminski | 09 21, 2023 | CANNABIS, COMMUNITY
A lucrative new industry is quietly thriving in what was once the heart of Michigan’s Copper Country—and only one pioneering pot shop has been there since the beginning. HOUGHTON—Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is cherished for its stunning landscapes and rugged, untamed...
by Kyle Kaminski | 09 21, 2023 | CANNABIS, COMMUNITY
MICHIGAN—Cannabis is a pretty big deal in Michigan—and there’s never a shortage of newsworthy headlines from the industry as the state inches closer to becoming the nation’s weed capital. Here are nine things you need to know this week: DIRTY MONEY: Former Republican...
by Kyle Kaminski | 09 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
After spending much of his presidency undermining labor unions, Donald Trump is coming to Michigan to try to win support from striking autoworkers. But union leaders and workers aren’t buying what the ex-president is trying to sell them. MICHIGAN—Ahead of former...
by Michigan Advance | 09 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
BY LILY GUINEY, MICHIGAN ADVANCE MICHIGAN—In a move that could save parents hundreds of dollars a year, a Michigan Senate bill currently under consideration has the potential to make free school breakfasts and lunches a permanent investment in public schools. SB 500,...
by Associated Press | 09 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
BAGLEY TOWNSHIP—A woman was rescued Tuesday from an outhouse toilet in northern Michigan after she climbed in to retrieve her Apple Watch and became trapped. The woman, whose name was not released, lowered herself inside the toilet after dropping the watch at the...
by Associated Press | 09 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
DETROIT—The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a last-chance effort to revive criminal charges against seven people in the Flint water scandal, waving away an appeal by prosecutors who have desperately tried to get around a 2022 decision that gutted the...
by Michigan Advance | 09 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
BY SAMANTHA DIETEL, MICHIGAN ADVANCE WASHINGTON—US Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat, re-introduced legislation Tuesday aimed at improving the lives of US restaurant workers. The “Restaurant Workers Bill of Rights” would raise wages and improve work conditions...
