by Jessica Strachan | Mar 12, 2024 | CANNABIS
Forget about gimmicks like sexy packaging. This microbusiness dispensary is made up of a humble—but thriving—team of cannabis cultivators who love the feeling of dirt under their fingernails. MICHIGAN—Today, we’re looking at a company that is taking cannabis...
by Isabel Soisson | Mar 12, 2024 | REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
Amid a continued right-wing assault on abortion, contraception, and fertility care, President Joe Biden used his annual State of the Union address last Thursday to criticize Republican abortion bans and call for the restoration of Roe v. Wade. Early on in his speech,...
by Kyle Kaminski | Mar 12, 2024 | GOP ACCOUNTABILITY
The Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans is throwing its support behind President Joe Biden after Trump said he would entertain cuts to Social Security and Medicare. LANSING—Jim Pedersen spent more than 40 years paying into Social Security and Medicare so that...
by Michigan Advance | Mar 12, 2024 | LOCAL NEWS
BY JON KING, MICHIGAN ADVANCE For those grumbling about losing an hour of sleep on Sunday, new legislation could put Michigan on a path to do away with the practice of moving clocks ahead an hour in the spring and then back an hour in the fall. Sen. Thomas Albert...
by Michigan Advance | Mar 12, 2024 | HEALTHCARE
BY KYLE DAVIDSON, MICHIGAN ADVANCE Four years have passed since Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency to address the COVID-19 pandemic on March 10, 2020. But the disease remains more than a memory, especially for those whose lives are continually...