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Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Great Lakes drownings down, marine patrol funding cut
Drownings in the Great Lakes are down this year, with half of them occurring in Lake Michigan. Meanwhile, the number of drownings in inland lakes isn’t known and some sheriffs are cutting back marine patrols amid a funding shortage.
Posted inBusiness Watch
Lawmakers: Spending $660K per job for Sandisk would have been tough sell
Michigan’s failed $6.2 billion bid to launch a semiconductor plant in Genesee County has renewed debate about corporate incentives. Gov. Whitmer says the president promised her Michigan will ‘get an even better deal.’
Posted inMichigan Government
Whitmer breaks silence on $20M earmark probe, says she's 'very troubled' by allegations
In her first public comments on the investigation into a $20 million budget earmark awarded to one of her donors, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says anyone misusing state funds ‘should expect to be held accountable.’
Posted inTalent & Education
In rare move, U-M fires tenured professor
Scott Piper is the third professor to be stripped of tenure at the University of Michigan in decades.
Posted inBusiness Watch
Michigan bars offer booze-free options for the ‘sober-curious’
Alcohol sales have declined in the past year. The response from bar owners? Boozeless brunch, NA beers and mocktails.
Posted inQuality of Life
Michigan shipwreck offers lessons from the depths
The recently discovered Western Reserve wreck is providing lessons about shipbuilding, underwater archaeology and the importance of survivor accounts.
Posted inBusiness Watch
Records: Michigan offered more than $6B in failed bid to land chip factories
State documents show that Michigan was willing to exchange billions in cash and tax breaks to land a proposed semiconductor manufacturing complex near Flint. The company pulled the plug instead.
Posted inOutdoors Life
How many waterfalls are in the UP? Meet the Michigan man who keeps counting
Officials generally acknowledge around 300 waterfalls in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. ‘Yooper Steve’ says he’s found more than 800 and is on a mission to find 1,000.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Michigan public health agencies ax programs amid federal cuts
Michigan’s local public health agencies have scrapped programs and scaled back services amid federal funding cuts.