Category: Michigan
Toxic Michigan site âcautionary taleâ as Trump eyes environmental cleanup cuts
In St. Louis, taxpayers have spent millions of dollars and decades cleaning a chemical plant that new research has shown caused numerous health problems. Cuts to the Superfund program would hinder similar cleanups….
Battle Creek seeks to right history, remove channel that moved Black residents
Decades ago, Battle Creek and the federal government destroyed a thriving neighborhood by building a concrete channel through downtown. Now, the city wants to put the river back to its natural state….
Michigan recipients fear food assistance cuts that could cost state $890M
Nearly 1.5 million Michiganders get food assistance through SNAP, which would be cut to offset tax cuts in the âbig, beautifulâ bill backed by President Donald Trump….
3 Ridiculous Things About Donald Trump Forcing A Coal Power Plant To Stay Open
Steve Hanley reported last night on the Trump administration — in particular, the US Department of Energy led by a fossil fuel billionaire — forcing a utility company in Michigan to keep a super old coal power plant open. Notably, the utility had a new fossil gas power plant built … [continued]
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As ICE plans to move into Baldwin prison, residents hope jobs will stay
In Lake County — population 12,000 — a new ICE facility is opening in a shuttered private prison, promising to create hundreds of jobs in the poorest county in the state. Many residents have doubts about whether the jobs will last.