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Mich. House: Unlicensed Pot Shops Open after June 1 Must Wait Year

04/18/2019 03:00 PM

Michigan lawmakers are moving to curb unlicensed medical marijuana shops by threatening their ability to get licensed if they stay open after June 1. The bill passed the Michigan House with little opposition Thrusday and is headed to the state Senate.

Ramsay Post Office Remains Closed

Michigan Governor Open to Allowing Great Lakes Oil Tunnel

Michigan House OKs Bill to Forgive School Snow Days

Michigan Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 4% in March

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Bill to Create Mental Health Hotline Advances in Michigan

Legislation to create a permanent statewide mental health hotline is advancing in Michigan. The telephone referral system would be available 24 hours a day, seven days of week and would refer people experiencing a mental health crisis to service providers.

Michigan Unveils License Plates for 4 Detroit Pro Teams

Detroit sports fans can now support their favorite professional team while driving around.

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Michigan Approves Permit for Power Plant to Burn Pellets

New Fishing Season, Regulations Take Effect in Michigan

US Measles Tally Hits 465, With Most Illnesses in Kids

Michigan Tech is Bringing Back Mining Engineering Degree

Michigan Technological University in Houghton is reviving a mining engineering program. The degree had been suspended in 2004 due to shrinking enrollment and fewer faculty members.

Michigan Land Bank Spending $350,000 to Fight Blight

Five Upper Peninsula communities are among nine in Michigan that are getting a share of $350,000 to eliminate blight.

People Wrongly Accused of Jobless Fraud Win Major Ruling

The Michigan Supreme Court says people who were wrongly accused of defrauding the unemployment program can sue the state. An automated system accused people of cheating, but one attorney says 40,000 fraud determinations were ultimately overturned.

Michigan Court to Hear Arguments on Minimum Wage, Sick Leave

The Michigan Supreme Court says it will hear arguments in July about whether to wade into a dispute over changes in the minimum wage and paid sick time. The move comes after Republican leaders prevented a minimum wage measure from going on the ballot by approving the increase and then scaling it back after the election.

Michigan's designated snowmobiling trails are closed for the season.�The Department of Natural Resources says grooming contracts and private land agreements expired Monday.

April Brings Close to Michigan Snowmobile Trail Season

The campground at Baraga State Park will receive upgrades.

Baraga State Park Set for $1.2 Million Campground Upgrades

Judge Orders Closer Look at Great Lakes Oil Spill Plans

Michigan's governor has halted work on a Straits of Mackinac oil pipeline tunnel.

Michigan Governor Halts Great Lakes Oil Tunnel

Michigan State Police Seek $2M to Livestream Patrol Dashcams

Michigan Auto Fee Rising to $220 Per Vehicle in July

Michigan Law Drops License Requirement for House Painters

Member of UMD's Clean Snowmobile Team showing off their semester-long clean sled project.

Cleaner Air, One Snowmobile at a Time

Permits Available April 1 to Cut Firewood on Michigan Lands

Michigan eighth-graders will see changes in state testing this spring in a step that could better prepare students for college entrance exams.

Michigan Changes Testing for Eighth-graders

Roughly a half a dozen gray wolves have been successfully to Isle Royale National Park in Michigan.

7 More Wolves Relocated to Isle Royale

Lake Superior State University in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has agreed to spend $1 million on chemistry equipment, partly to stock the school's new cannabis chemistry program.

UP School with Marijuana Program to Spend $1M on Equipment

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Wis. Outdoor Enthusiasts Support CWD Bounties Program

A survey finds a majority of Wisconsin outdoor enthusiasts support offering bounties again for deer infected with chronic wasting disease. Nearly two-thirds of people who took the Cosnservation Congress survey support the idea.

Wisconsin's SeniorCare Program Extended for 10 years

SeniorCare Program Extended for 10 years in Wisconsin

Official: Jayme Closs' Kidnapper Not Cooperating on Sentence

Officials say Jake Patterson is not cooperating with a pre-sentence investigation.

Wisconsin Supreme Court to Take Lame-duck Lawsuit

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to consider a legal challenge to Republican-backed laws passed in a lame-duck session last year that limited the powers of the state's newly elected governor and attorney general.

Study: Wisconsin Adds Clean Energy Jobs Amid National Drop

A new report says Wisconsin added nearly 1,800 new clean energy jobs last year despite a slowing of jobs growth in the industry nationwide.

Evers Creates Task Force to Combat Payroll Fraud

Gov. Tony Evers is creating a task force to investigate ways to crack down on businesses that misclassify workers and conduct payroll fraud.�Evers signed an executive order Monday at a training site for carpenters in Madison creating the task force.

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