Category: Michigan
Grow & Tell: Starting A Native Plant Garden
Today, we lay the foundation for turning an abandoned, weedy plot into a native plant garden.
Michigan Shakespeare Fest, Detroit Opera among arts groups grappling with federal cuts
The Trump administration terminated millions of dollars in arts grants and is proposing full elimination. Michigan performing arts companies are now scrambling to keep their doors open….
Kent County Health Department reports Michigan’s first West Nile death of 2025
The victim, a West Michigan man, lived less than 3,000 feet from a site where mosquitoes carrying the virus were recently found. Statewide, five other cases have been confirmed.
Environmental groups protest DOE decision to force aging coal burning power plant to stay open
The Department of Energy extended its 90-day order another 90 days to require Consumers Energy to keep an aging coal-burning power plant running, despite state’s assessment it’s not needed.
Should Michigan officials lose pay for missed budget deadlines? House plan fails
As a potential government shutdown looms, Michigan legislators are debating whether to cut their own pay for missing budget deadlines….