Freighter in the St. Clair River (midwest.social)
Went out on such a nice day! Lotta sailboats, too.
Traverse City hair salon no longer servicing all LGBTQ members (www.9and10news.com)
Essentially - If you want to be called anything but him or her, go to a pet groomer…
Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times at Florida federal prison: AP sources (apnews.com)
Brawl between Michigan GOP members over locked door meeting (www.independent.co.uk)
The northern lights are coming to several states this week. Here's how to see them. (www.npr.org)
Aretha Franklin's sons battle over handwritten wills 5 years after her death (apnews.com)
Any strategies to cope with the MI distracted driving law? (www.michigan.gov)
We’re not allowed to touch our phone more than 1 tap when we’re driving in Michigan....
Ohio (kbin.social)
I don't feel this way about Ohio but it seems everyone else in MI does
Michigan gets nearly $15M federal grant to improve power grid resilience (www.mlive.com)
The money will pay for last-mile energy delivery to low-income residents and efforts to lessen the risk of severe weather damaging the power grid.
Michigan funneled $2B into luring big business. Here’s where it went. (www.mlive.com)
Our tax dollars at work....
More Michigan teens hit the brakes on learning to drive (www.bridgemi.com)
56 percent of Michigan teenagers had driver’s licenses in 2021, down from 66 percent in 2000...
Michigan’s new hands-free driving law: Reasons you can be pulled over, exceptions, punishments (www.clickondetroit.com)
A new law making it illegal to hold or use a cellphone while driving in Michigan officially went into effect this week, and there are a list of reasons drivers can be pulled over, with some exceptions.
Sunrise over Lake Huron (lemmy.world)
Debate re: battery plant (www.carscoops.com)
Seems like some very reasonable concerns. Steep price for what amounts to jobs that have an IMO barely livable wage....
Michigan Democrats gain Republican support to pass a record budget centered on education (apnews.com)
Flint City Bucks remain UNDEFEATED (www.eastvillagemagazine.org)
Michigan Unclaimed Property (unclaimedproperty.michigan.gov)
Do yourself a favor and check to see if you left money anywhere. AAA prorated my rate when I changed car insurances, I completely missed it at the time. Years later, I check the unclaimed and there it is. If a company has money they owe you, but they can’t find you, they turn it over to the State to hold in your name....
Smoky Air from Canadian Wildfires Blankets Midwestern Skies - The New York Times | Ghostarchive (ghostarchive.org)
Michigan House votes to expand hate crimes to protect gay, disabled residents - BridgeDetroit (www.bridgedetroit.com)
Fungi and Foraging Festival at Circle Pines Center, Labor day weekend (circlepinescenter.org)
Cool thing in Delton Labor day weekend
New phone while driving law coming into effect (www.crainsgrandrapids.com)
Warm As Hell! A clothing and blanket donation drive to benefit the Grand Rapids Pride Center! (midwest.social)
cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/733260...
Detroit Today: Legislation in Lansing aims to bring back solar net metering - WDET 101.9 FM (wdet.org)
This is an audio interview with the State Senator who sponsored the bill, Jeff Irwin.