Politics
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Mid-Michigan nurses union to strike amid call for higher wages, unfair labor practice charge
bout 2,000 nurses and healthcare professionals at Mid-Michigan’s largest healthcare provider are set to go on a five-day strike this month.
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Michigan parents can enroll kids in free preschool and save $10K this year
State officials still have enough cash to cover preschool programs for about 9,000 more kids—which can save their families about $10,000 on child care costs this year.
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Saginaw County manufacturing project moves ahead with federal funds
A major investment in Michigan’s manufacturing future is moving forward.
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8 new Michigan laws taking effect in 2025
Democratic state lawmakers passed some big changes into law last year that were largely designed to make life better for Michigan workers, families, and communities.
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Climate takes its toll on the ‘cherry capital of the world’
Traverse City has long been considered a cherry haven where long rows of trees teem with red fruit. But as the planet warms, things are beginning to change.
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Detroit sees a drop in homicides and violent crime, according to preliminary 2024 data
Homicides in Detroit have dropped to levels not seen since before the mid-1960s, according to preliminary year-end statistics released Friday by the city.
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What’s the deal with cage-free egg laws in Michigan?
Grocery stores across the state are shifting their egg supplies to accommodate newly enacted legislation that requires most eggs to come from cage-free housing systems.
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Health officials battle highly pathogenic avian influenza in two Michigan counties
State officials plan to quarantine and kill flocks of diseased chickens that were recently discovered at two Ottawa County poultry facilities and at a home in Jackson County.
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Company official charged in 2022 oil-chemical discharge into Flint River
The president of a chemical company has been charged in connection with the unauthorized discharge of oil that left a miles-long dark, oily sheen on the Flint River in Michigan more than two years ago.
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7 big things Democrats did with their majority in Lansing
Over the past two years, Michigan Democrats have used their majority control in both chambers of the state Legislature—and the governor’s office—to pass hundreds of bills
