Category: Michigan
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.
Michigan State agrees to pay nearly $30 million to shooting survivors
Lawyers for three victims of the 2023 MSU campus shooting have announced settlements with the university….
As ICE plans to move into Baldwin prison, residents hope jobs will stay
The reopening is part of what has long been an on-again, off-again relationship between county residents and North Lake Correctional Facility, and many residents have doubts about whether the jobs will last….
‘No money’: Elk Rapids Township votes to sell historic hall
The township board cited financial constraints and ended its lease with the Historic Elk Rapids Town Hall Association (HERTHA), despite community opposition to the decision.
Climate Solutions Week: Local zoning
We tackle everyone’s favorite topics: local government and zoning. We talk about some resources for how to approach energy projects.