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Michigan to see two minimum wage hikes in 2025
Michigan workers can expect two increases in the minimum wage next year.
Jimmy Carter to be honored with a state funeral before being buried next to Rosalynn
Carter was president from 1977 to 1981, but he was perhaps more famous for the life he led after he left office. He was one of the biggest advocates for peace, democracy and human rights.
NYT’s Top 10 list includes 2 books featured by National Writers Series
The New York Times annually names the 10 best fiction and nonfiction books of the year. This year’s list features books by Kaveh Akbar and Hampton Sides — both of whom appeared in Traverse City this year.
Essays by Karen Anderson: Wrong Car
As a young person, I wouldn’t think twice about such a screw-up, but as an old person, I fear I’ve lost it—whatever “it” is.
We loved these things in 2024, and hope you enjoy them in 2025
The IPR News staff assembled a list of things we loved over the past year (most of which have very little to do with news). We hope these little pieces of joy from our lives will bring some joy to yours in 2025.
Grand Traverse Band officially gains ownership of former Timber Shores site
After 150 years, the tribe regains ownership of land that was once the epicenter of Ojibwe and Odawa villages in the Leelanau Peninsula.
Candidates compete for MI Democratic Party chair position
Candidates in the race to become the next leader of the Michigan Democratic Party are jockeying for position ahead of next year’s party convention.
Whitmer signs bills to extend jobless benefits to 26 weeks
Jobless workers will be able to collect unemployment benefits for a little more than six months under bills signed Monday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count underway
The National Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count is underway until Jan. 5. Coordinated visits to hundreds of sites in the U.S. and Canada to count birds depends on volunteers. There are about 80 sites in Michigan and more than 70 in Ohio.
The 12 Days of Christmas, from Christmas Eve to the 12th Night: this week on The Storyteller’s Night Sky
Once the long night of the solstice has commenced, it’s appropriate to quietly reflect on the year past and to anticipate the year ahead, not just for a moment, but for the full 12 days of Christmas, which begin with the birth of inner light on Christmas Eve, at midnight.