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Police responded but made no arrests as pro-Palestinian protesters dumped fake, blood-drenched body bags on the lawn of the home of the U-M board chair early in the morning.
Electric vehicles, EV batteries and semiconductors from China all face new costs if sold in the U.S. as Biden administration attacks 'artificially cheap products.’
Ed McBroom helped write the law on financial disclosure, but Michigan says he isn’t following it. It’s the latest kerfuffle in the rollout of new rules that has been less than smooth.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday reiterated her case for paid family leave and other support for working moms, arguing during a national summit that mom-friendly policies are good for the economy.
Each year millions of people suffer from coughing, sneezing and an itchy throat, common symptoms associated with seasonal allergies. However, seasonal allergies could be more severe this year.
At the height of the water crisis, Flint children had lower lead levels than many others in Michigan. But low expectations, trauma and constant anxiety did more harm than lead. ‘Instead of scaring families, we should be reassuring them.’
Ten years after the beginning of the Flint water crisis, the city’s youth are scarred as much by low expectations as by the lead-tainted water. ‘People had already decided who we were. They had ideas about IQ and behavior.’
Ten years later, a growing body of research suggests fears of permanent brain damage are a ‘myth.’ That’s good news for children, but some say trauma from the crisis is now worse than lead.