Up North is bracing for big crowds and travel, as vacationers weigh personal risk and the third pandemic summer is set to start.
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Posted inTalent & Education
Marijuana 101: How Michigan colleges work around federal ban to teach pot
Universities are rushing to create workers for Michigan’s booming cannabis industry. That can get tricky because federal law prevents students from actually touching marijuana.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Rising water rates hurt Michigan’s poorest residents
Data compiled by the Institute for Public Utilities at Michigan State University shows that water prices are climbing quickly — more quickly, until recent price spikes, than most other goods and services.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
How Michigan state parks will spend a $250 million COVID windfall
After years of deferred maintenance, big upgrades are coming to Belle Isle and picturesque Tahquamenon Falls. But there are also potholes to fill, toilets and sewers to replace and electrical systems to modernize.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | From Detroit to the UP, Michigan deserves energy savings
Our health, climate, and access to resources are at risk the longer we allow the energy status quo.
Posted inMichigan Government
In northern Michigan, Trucker Randy and ‘pay for play’ claims roil Senate race
Michigan’s messiest primary may be Up North, where Republican activists offered one candidate a government job to drop out of the race and a conservative radio host is running as a Democrat.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Michigan scraps special elk hunt in January
Michigan hunters are so adept at hunting elk that state regulators now say a rarely used season in January is no longer necessary.
Posted inThe Center for Michigan
Watch Bridge Book Club discussion of ‘The Dockporter’
Authors Dave McVeigh and Jim Bolone joined Bridge Michigan on Wednesday to discuss their coming-of-age novel set on Mackinac Island.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Daily trout limits in Lake Huron may be reduced due to overfishing
Limits could go from 3 to 2 per day because recreational anglers exceeded limits with Michigan tribes.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Now is the exact time to shut down Line 5
The risk of keeping Line 5 open or building a new pipeline does not outweigh the very real harms that can and will result from its continued operation.