Consumers Energy fined $1M over quality of services (michiganadvance.com)
…or maybe https://michiganadvance.com/2024/03/05/michigan-public-service-commission-approves-92m-electrical-rate-increase-for-consumers-energy/...
Here’s what’s on tap for Ann Arbor’s 200th birthday celebration on Saturday (www.mlive.com)
Michigan farmworker is 2nd known human case of bird flu in nation this year (www.bridgemi.com)
Rule #1: Don’t panic....
An estimated annual $19.6 billion in uncompensated Michigan caregiving (michiganadvance.com)
From ace reporter Anna Liz Nichols at MichiganAdvance…...
Michigan Says Fuck No to Genocide Joe (unsalted.noblogs.org)
5 things to know about $184M Grand Rapids amphitheater (www.mlive.com)
Reporter Brian McVicar at mlive.com covers the big news about the coming outdoor covered arena in Grand Rapids…...
GOP Delta County Board of Canvassers refuse to certify recall results (michiganadvance.com)
From crack reporter Jon King over at MichiganAdvance, Another Day, Another Election Interference: more voting obfuscation for the ever-unstable GOP…...
Day Late, Dollar Short: Copper shortage could imperil Michigan’s EV future (www.bridgemi.com)
Who could have forseen this? 🤦♂️ From our friends over at BridgeMichigan, journalist Gabrielle Nelson reports on the pants-around-the-ankles situation in EV land…...
How Wild Rice Forecasts Climate Change | Manoomin, a crop vital to the Indigenous peoples of the Upper Midwest, has been threatened in recent years. But careful stewardship is helping to bring it back (www.nytimes.com)
The NYT article (being in the Dining section) doesn’t really go into it, but this one goes over the climate risks to wild rice
Michigan law bans pricey gifts from lobbyists, but tickets still flow in Lansing (www.detroitnews.com)
…or Scrupulous Senator Reports Regaled Shill Stubs...
Woman was living inside Midland Family Fare grocery store rooftop sign for a year (apnews.com)
…and what digs she had set up for herself! Computer, printer, coffee maker…yeh, not glamorous…...
DTE includes private jet expenses in $266 million rate hike request (michiganadvance.com)
Why should DTE have to pay their “extracurricular” business expenses when you can?...
Michigan AG announces charges tied to breach of 2020 voter data in Hillsdale County (michiganadvance.com)
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced charges on Wednesday against former Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott and her attorney, Stefanie Lambert Junttila, alleging the pair permitted an unauthorized computer examiner to access voter data concerning the 2020 election, which included non-public information....
The solution to Michigan's whippit problem (www.detroitnews.com)
As covered back in March (you read it here! – r^2^), our Gov Whitmer signed off on two bills banning the sale of…...
Logrolling, Michigan Edition (www.detroitnews.com)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/11707077...
Michigan AG targets Google and X with search warrants in investigation of fake electors scheme (www.metrotimes.com)
Michigan prosecutors executed a search warrant to obtain hundreds of files from Google and X (formerly Twitter) as part of an ongoing investigation into the fake electors plot in the state....
Sen. Moss condemns antisemitism from both left and right (michiganadvance.com)
Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield) [Michigan’s only Jewish state senator – r^2^] took to the floor of the Senate last week to condemn bigotry against Jews that he says is being wielded hypocritically....
We take enforcement of road signs very seriously here in Fenton! (lemmy.world)
Seems like the high winds knocked it down. This is just after an intersection where traffic turning right into this lane wouldn’t see the orange sign in the road due to a sign for the business on the corner, so this road safety sign was an ironic driving hazard. Not to worry, a couple of strangers and I managed to flip it out...
Muskegonites fear with clean waters comes gentrification (www.bridgemi.com)
Decades of pollution and rapid urbanization created ecological problems so severe that the lake was designated a “Great Lakes Area of Concern” by the U.S. and Canada in 1987....
Some people just can't shut up (michiganadvance.com)
Over at Michigan Advance, reporter Anna Liz Nichols writes…...
Iggy - ¡¡¡Frenzy!!! (iv.datura.network)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/11301182...
U.P.: Mineral Rights and Zoom Meetings (michiganadvance.com)
Michigan Advance’s Katie O’Brien Kelley reports…...
Ukraine gives award to foreign vigilantes for hacks on Russia (www.bbc.com)
…or What Goes Around, Comes Around: Russia-Ukraine Conflict Edition....
Pushing election fraud theories, nonprofit spent $1.2 million in Michigan in 2022 **UPDATE** (www.detroitnews.com)
Okay, this is the second post today that has “fraud” in its title…...
Politics & Elections News Crime Right-wing fraudsters fined $1.25M for racist robocall scheme in Michigan (www.metrotimes.com)
"To churn out the robocalls, Wohl and Jacobs sought a Black voice actress to make the recording, which they called their “Black robo.” The call falsely claimed that personal information used on mail-in ballots could lead to arrests for outstanding arrest warrants or be used to collect unpaid credit card debts. The calls also...
