Pending legislation would make it easier to build crypto mines in Michigan. One Upper Peninsula community knows the mines don’t always make good neighbors.
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Behind the consumer price hikes are businesses that are grappling with the same increase — like gas, which increases shipping costs. But they also face still more pressures: Rising wages, more expensive raw materials and uncertainty about their inventory.
While crews work to remove lead pipes from the city water system, activists say they worry that violations at the city water treatment plant could further threaten residents. Regulators say there’s no cause for concern.
State Supt. Michael Rice is behind an effort to upgrade and diversify teaching materials relating to significant events and movements like the holocaust, civil rights, contributions by indigenous people and citizenship. It comes amid a national debate over race, books and lesson plans in U.S. schools.
After two pandemic summers of social isolation, Michigan parents want fun activities for their children that also help them build social skills. From overnight and sports camps to local programming, it’s about allowing children to be kids again.
As CMU works to turn around a 43-percent drop in enrollment since 2012, the director of undergraduate recruitment had his last day on April 7, the university confirmed.
Three million Michiganders must prove they’re still eligible for the safety net insurance when the U.S. public health emergency ends as soon as mid-July. Advocates worry that hundreds of thousands in the state could lose health insurance.
The move by Michigan State University reflects the downward trend in new coronavirus cases in the state, as well as the removal of similar mandates in K-12 schools.