by Associated Press | Mar 7, 2024 | CLIMATE
RACINE, Wis.—Michigan Tech University biologists have been observing a remote Lake Superior island’s fragile wolf population every winter since 1958, but they had to cut this season’s planned seven-week survey short after just two weeks. The ski plane they...
by Michigan Advance | Mar 7, 2024 | CLIMATE
BY KYLE DAVIDSON, MICHIGAN ADVANCE Firefighters for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are preparing for an early fire season, following last year’s hot, dry conditions and the mild conditions this winter. DNR firefighters responded to nearly 400...
by Michigan Advance | Mar 7, 2024 | GOP ACCOUNTABILITY
BY JON KING, MICHIGAN ADVANCE MICHIGAN—Seven states, including Michigan, that were the focal points of Republican efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election have more than 200 legislators labeled in a new report as being “election deniers.” States United...
by Michigan Advance | Mar 7, 2024 | EDUCATION
BY ANNA LIZ NICHOLS, MICHIGAN ADVANCE MICHIGAN—Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist stopped by Helping Hands Christian Learning Center in Lansing on Wednesday just before naptime to read “The Way I Feel” with pre-K children. Afterward, he discussed with educators and media about...
by Kyle Kaminski | Mar 7, 2024 | ELECTION
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is urging clerks not to fall prey to a right-wing scheme that seeks to cancel thousands of voter registrations nationwide—including in Michigan. MICHIGAN—Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is working to reinstate the voter...