2024
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Free dine-in community Thanksgiving dinners around Michigan
This holiday season, various non-profits, businesses, and local groups are offering no-cost dine-in Thanksgiving meals to members of their communities. Here’s where to find a location in your region.
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Tattoos for Tampons: Lansing tattoo shop finds unique way to give back to its community
Val Magee, tattoo artist and co-owner of Devils Day Tattoo in Lansing, talks about an upcoming collaboration to help underserved Michiganders access menstrual products.
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Michigan hunters die of heart attacks while hauling away heavy deer
At least three Michigan deer hunters have died of heart attacks during the current 16-day season, including two men who were trying to haul away the heavy animals.
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Kildee introduces legislation establishing PFAS coordinator within the Department of Defense
In an effort to support communities impacted by PFAS and ensure accountability from the United States Department of Defense (DoD), US Reps. Dan Kildee (D-Flint) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) have introduced legislation to create a new position at the DoD aimed at improving transparency, driving remediation and uplifting the voices of communities contaminated with PFAS.
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Trump nominates former WWE head, private school voucher advocate for Education secretary
McMahon is relatively unknown in education circles, although she has expressed support for charter schools and private school vouchers.
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Was it the Mouse King? ‘Nutcracker’ props stolen from a Michigan ballet company
A ballet group in suburban Detroit is scrambling after someone stole a trailer filled with props for upcoming performances of the beloved holiday classic “The Nutcracker.”
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Michigan leaders push Dems to close tax ‘loophole’ for Big Box stores
Community leaders are calling on Democratic state lawmakers to use their final weeks in full control of this year’s legislative session to put an end to the so-called “Dark Store” tax theory that large retailers across Michigan have used to lower their property taxes.
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Michigan Congress members team up on bill to boost access to clean water
A bill introduced last week in the US House of Representatives aims to boost nationwide access to safe and affordable drinking water, particularly for low-income families.
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Michigan Senate committee approves bill to outlaw deliberate election disinformation
Legislation to prevent deliberate falsehoods surrounding elections has moved to the Michigan Senate for a potential vote in the lame duck session.
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USPS’ Operation Santa: Making children’s holidays merry and bright
The holidays are approaching, and that means the United States Postal Service’s yearly initiative, Operation Santa, is back in business. Here’s what to know.
