Rural State
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Michigan OKs landmark regulations that push up-front costs to data centers
Michigan regulators on Thursday adopted landmark standards for the booming data center industry with a plan they say tries to protect residents from subsidizing the industry’s hefty energy use.
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Michigan family turns their Up North deer camp into a cannabis dispensary
Built by hand on old Northern Michigan hunting property, American Grown Cannabis proves that great weed can grow anywhere—even in the middle of nowhere.
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Upper Peninsula communities join forces to push back against Big Tech
From Keweenaw to Sault Ste. Marie, communities across the Upper Peninsula are working together as AI data centers and bitcoin mining operations threaten their way of life—and they’re encouraging others to join the fight.
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Whitmer: Multi-billion-dollar Saline Township data center ‘largest investment in Michigan history’
Whitmer lauded the multi-billion dollar project, calling it the largest in Michigan history, with the facility expected to create 2,500 union construction jobs, alongside 450 permanent jobs on site and 1,500 more in the community.
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Wakefield doula helping local moms as federal funding cuts impact the Upper Peninsula
Federal funding cuts are causing rural health care facilities to stop providing services—leaving many folks in the UP without access to care when they need it most.
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Michigan’s rural roadblocks mirror nationwide trends, new report shows
From health care access to housing shortages and farming roadblocks, a new report outlines problems and solutions for rural Michigan.
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Why state lawmakers want to lock down Michigan’s cannabis market
Michigan’s recreational cannabis market is showing signs of burnout and state lawmakers say it’s time for regulators to start pumping the brakes.
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Michigan officials mourn victims of church shooting as information on shooter emerges
As crews continue to assess the aftermath of Sunday’s deadly shooting at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meeting place in Grand Blanc, Michigan, officials from across the state mourned the victims of the attack that killed four people.
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Rally draws hundreds to protest ICE action outside Michigan processing facility
More than 200 members and supporters of a group opposing ICE enforcement and detainment policies gathered over the weekend outside of the reopened Michigan processing facility in Baldwin, formerly known as the North Lake Correctional Facility.
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Michigan leaders say Trump’s hatred of clean energy will hike utility bills, kill jobs
Clean energy advocates say President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” is raising utility costs, canceling solar projects, and putting Michigan’s clean energy future at risk.
