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Cast your vote today for the best Grand Rapids restaurants
Whatever your favorite restaurants in Grand Rapids may be, we want to hear about them. This poll will take just a few quick minutes to complete.
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Best in Grass: Thousands of Michiganders will help pick the state’s best weed this summer
The Best in Grass competition is returning to Michigan this summer, where everyday stoners will have a chance to crown the state’s best weed. Judging kits drop June 28.
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6 quick hits of cannabis news from across Michigan
Cannabis might help to mellow you out. But the multi-billion-dollar industry behind your favorite plant is always sparking up fresh news, noise, and nonsense.
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A Michigan bear roamed the woods for two years with an awful lid on his neck. Not anymore.
Michigan wildlife experts finally were able to trap a black bear and remove a large lid that was stuck around his neck — for two years.
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Flint nurse reveals how cutting Medicaid would ‘stress an already stressed system’
Rachel Chapin of Fenton says that cutting Medicaid will push hospitals and staff across the state to their breaking point.
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Michiganders promise to fight like hell for transgender youth after Supreme Court ruling
Despite the Supreme Court’s decision in US v. Skrmetti, LGBTQ+ advocates remind ‘Ganders that gender-affirming hormone therapy is safe in Michigan—and offer ways to keep communities updated.
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15 Michigan events to check out this weekend (June 20-22)
Music festivals, an air show, and more inside.
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A guide to what the Juneteenth holiday is and how to celebrate it
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries. In 2021, President Joe Biden designated it a…
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We discovered the perfect family beach resort just 2 hours from Detroit
A gorgeous, activity-packed, and family-friendly beach resort that’s just a two-hour flight from Detroit? Sign us up.
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5 quick hits of cannabis news from across Michigan
The cannabis headlines just keep coming, and this week’s latest batch is full of fresh developments, big debates, and other green-tinted twists from across the state.
