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Michigan’s School Meal Policies Help Keep Children Healthy and Local Farms in the Mix
Food Tank - Maryland
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July 8, 2025
In Michigan, one of the eight goals in our state’s Top 10 Strategic Education Plan is to improve the health, safety, and wellness of all learners. To learn, children must have consistent access to healthy and tasty food. As Crystal FitzSimons,...
Detroit’s Strategy To Welcome Immigrants Enabled Its Population Turnaround
Next City
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July 8, 2025
After decades of population decline, attracting immigrants has been key to growing and maintaining a more resilient economy in former industrial cities like Detroit. This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining...
Michigan pauses new construction codes amid legal challenge
Grand Rapids Business Journal - Michigan
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July 8, 2025
LANSING — The state of Michigan will halt the implementation of new residential construction and energy-conservation codes amid a legal challenge brought by two housing trade groups that say the rules will raise costs and price people out of the...
Michigan’s last execution happened 87 years ago: That man’s story and the death penalty today
WDIV Local 4 - Michigan
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July 8, 2025
The last person to face the death penalty in Michigan was executed 87 years ago by the federal government. The 1938 execution was the first since Michigan abolished the death penalty nearly 100 years prior. Now, in 2025, there is one Michigan man...
Michigan Man Killed After Assault Rifle Attack on Texas Border Patrol Station
[your]NEWS
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July 8, 2025
BY COMFORT OGBONNA A 27-year-old man from Michigan was fatally shot by U.S. Border Patrol agents early Monday morning after he opened fire with an assault rifle at a Border Patrol station in McAllen, a city in southern Texas. The suspect,...
Michigan cornerback commit issues response to Jeremiah Smith’s claim about The Game: Buckeye Breakfast
Cleveland.com - Ohio
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July 8, 2025
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith doesn’t plan on losing anymore games to Michigan during his career. Smith’s already felt what it’s like being on the losing end of The Game last season when the Buckeyes lost their fourth...
Economists predict summer EV boom
Semafor
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July 8, 2025
US President Donald Trump’s axing of lucrative electric vehicle subsidies will dent sales of major US car manufacturers, but it won’t put the brakes on EV adoption, analysts said. Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” kills $7,500 tax credits for EV...
Michigan summer camp operators talk about emergency plans after Texas floods that killed campers
MLive - Michigan
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July 8, 2025
By ED WHITE Associated Press Death and destruction at a venerable Texas summer camp might have parents wondering about the risks of sending their kids away to any camp, even if it’s in a much different setting and less vulnerable to a natural...
Michigan legislator reviews MDOS rule submissions; co-sponsors HB 4707 against ranked choice voting
Shelby Review - Michigan
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July 7, 2025
Steve Cortes, CNN Political Commentator (left) & Josh Schriver, Michigan House Representative (right) | Office Holder websiteSteve Cortes, CNN Political Commentator (left) & Josh Schriver, Michigan House Representative (right) | Office Holder...
This Michigan pizzeria should be on your bucket list says Food and Wine
MLive - Michigan
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July 8, 2025
DETROIT - From New York City and Brooklyn to Chicago, New Haven and Detroit, Food and Wine is out with, what it’s calling, a pizza bucket list. And one Michigan pizzeria is on Food and Wine’s 10 Must-Visit Pizzerias in the United States list. It’s...
Letter: Detroit Lakes Tribune was wrong to run anonymous full-page ad opposing the new state flag
Detroit Lakes Tribune - Minnesota
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July 8, 2025
DETROIT LAKES — As a proud citizen of the City of Detroit Lakes, the State of Minnesota, and the Country of the United States of America, I am demanding an immediate retraction of the full-page ad appearing in the June 28 Detroit Lakes Tribune,...
COLUMNIST: Michigan's on the move
Ludington Daily News - Michigan
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PETOSKEY, Mich. — The sun is out, the lake is glistening, the strawberries are bright red and summer-sweet. Golfers and anglers are busy, cyclists are on the move, brats are on the barbecue. This is Michigan at its best. Much of the state is on a...
Trump’s big bill may come at a political cost
The Daily Press - Michigan
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama had the Affordable Care Act. Joe Biden had the Inflation Reduction Act. President Donald Trump will have the tax cuts. All were hailed in the moment and became ripe political targets in campaigns that followed. In...
Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 7.8.25
Florida Politics
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July 8, 2025
Good Tuesday morning. Law firm Shutts & Bowen is announcing a major career move for one of its top attorneys. Denise Harle, a partner in the firm’s Tallahassee office, is joining the faculty of Florida State University’s law school as the founding...
Firefighters union renews push for staffing talks legislation in Michigan
Mid-Michigan Now
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LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Professional Firefighters Union is renewing its push for legislation that would allow staffing discussions at the bargaining table. The state Senate passed Bill 319 in June, and it now awaits consideration in the...
Long-lost Lake Michigan shipwreck with Door County ties is a national historic place
Green Bay Press Gazette - Wisconsin
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The Lake Michigan wreck of a cargo ship with close ties to Door County and Wisconsin that remained lost for 131 years until it was found in 2024 after a deliberate search is now on the National Register of Historic Places. The remains of the...
How to stay prepared for potential flooding if you live by one of Michigan's 300 named rivers
WMYD - Michigan
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July 8, 2025
HAMBURG TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) — Michigan has over 300 named rivers, and if you live by one of them, you may have considered the risk of flooding, and even prepared for it. Watch the report from Carli Petrus in the video player below How to stay...
Local college student goes retro with ice cream cart rental business
Monroe Evening News - Michigan
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Noah Dupuis, 19, started The Frosty Flamingo Co., a retro-style ice cream cart rental business. Dupuis offers cart rentals with or without ice cream and novelty treats, including gourmet pops. Customers can customize their rental with add-ons like...
“Guess I can’t have fun”: Detroit Lions fire back with savage clapback after fan slams their tweet style
The Times of India
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July 8, 2025
Dan Campbell's team isn't holding back-online or off (Image via Getty) The Detroit Lions are not letting their offseason spirit get dampened by criticism. After a fan accused their social media of being too “soft,” the team clapped back in a post...
La Loma Supermercado In Battle Creek Is Michigan's Best Mexi-Mart
107.7 WRKR - Michigan
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July 8, 2025
There are a lot of Mexican family owned markets in Michigan, but one of the most unique and robust supermarkets is located in the heart of Battle Creek. La Loma Supermercado is probably one of the largest and unique Mexican supermarkets you’ll...