Author: Clean Technica
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.
FEDERAL DATA: Michigan’s outdoor economy continued growth in 2023
According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the outdoor industry brought in nearly $14 billion in economic activity. That’s an 8 percent increase compared to 2022.
Climate takes its toll on the ‘cherry capital of the world’
In partnership with Grist, a look at how northern Michigan’s famous industry is coping with a changing climate.
Essays by Karen Anderson: Tell Me
What I most want for Christmas is for someone to say: “Tell me about your mom.”
Snow worries
For northern Michigan businesses that count on snow, last year stunk. Federal disaster loans were a short-term help for many, but what about warmer winters ahead? That’s this week on the Up North Lowdown.Plus, the Lions roar, area music festivals face an uncertain future and we remember the arrest that sparked a change in fishing rights.
Funding for UP copper mine held up in Senate Appropriations Committee
The $50 million grant was advanced by the House Appropriations Committee last week.
Lawsuit names TCAPS, others after boy’s death at school bus stop
The suit, filed in federal court by the estate of Jayson Hoogeveen, asks for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.
50 years ago today, Art Duhamel was arrested for fishing in Grand Traverse Bay
The arrest led to a test case that would force the state of Michigan to recognize Anishinaabe fishing rights in the Grand Traverse region.