9 times ordinary Michiganders performed extraordinary acts of kindness in 2025
Get inspired by our 2025 roundup featuring Good Samaritans, generous neighbors, and kind kids.
Dec
2025
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TECHNOLOGY
Dec
2025
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AI chatbots are spreading abortion misinformation to Michiganders—and lawmakers are fighting back
Cybersecurity experts and state lawmakers want to ensure that Michiganders have access to accurate abortion information online—even if that means pushing back against federal restrictions.
Dec
2025
4
Why Michigan’s loudest hearing on the Saline Township data center might still end in silence
Despite overwhelming opposition, a data center in Saline Township could still get fast-tracked with no sworn testimony, no fact-finding, and no real public accountability.
Nov
2025
26
Nessel joins Ann Arbor area lawmakers, environmentalists demanding scrutiny of DTE data center deal
One of the state’s largest energy companies is asking energy regulators to fast track approval of two contracts to provide power to a data center planned for construction in Saline Township, but environmental advocates and state officials have banded together to demand greater transparency into the details.
Nov
2025
14
Meta’s ‘teen safety’ tools are failing Michigan kids—and Republicans aren’t helping
Parents and cybersecurity experts want Michigan lawmakers to hold companies like Meta accountable when their platforms fail to keep their pledges to keep kids safe.
Nov
2025
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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.
Nov
2025
3
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.
Oct
2025
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The Social Security Administration is no longer issuing paper checks. Here’s what you need to know
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has switched to electronic forms of payment. Here’s how you can set up your automatic payments with ease.
Aug
2025
22
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.
Jun
2025
26
Lawmakers consider bills to prevent AI from harming Michiganders
Artificial intelligence is rapidly improving, quicker than the government is able to regulate it, posing issues as the technology becomes capable of enacting great harm to human life, AI stakeholders told Michigan lawmakers Wednesday.
