Small towns near Indiana and Wisconsin are home to an outsized number of pot dispensaries. That’s helped prop up some community budgets but some wonder at what cost.
$18 million for condos, $9 million for a health startup and more: Champions say the money helps those in need; foes say it’s old-fashioned pork and government picking winners and losers.
A vertical farming effort, Planted Detroit, is set to close, demonstrating the obstacles to growing produce indoors. Among the barriers: The high cost of electricity and synthetic soil inflate the price of greens, making them too expensive for many customers.
The Oxford High School shooter who killed four students and injured seven others in 2021 when he was 15, tortured birds, fantasized about children suffering and researched Michigan’s prison sentences before carrying out the shooting, according to testimony Thursday.
Traverse City is the cherry capital of the U.S., helping Michigan produce 70 percent of the nation’s tart cherries. This year’s harvest was challenging because of bad weather.
Attorney Stefanie Lambert says she has been indicted in plot to illegally examine vote machines in an effort to prove 2020 election was rigged against Donald Trump. Others under investigation include Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed several education bills, including measures that give teachers more say in classroom assignments. She signed another measure that makes it easier for out-of-state teachers and counselors to work in Michigan.
With former Gov. Rick Snyder leading efforts, Senate and House Republican campaigns in Michigan have a money edge over Democratic counterparts, records show.
DTE Energy’s long-range energy plan, which would shut the coal-fired Monroe Power Plant and invest more in renewables, was approved by the Michigan Public Service Commission on Wednesday.