With Michigan sick leave law set to take effect in 2025, businesses ...
2024年11月20日 · The Michigan Agri-Business Association issued a similar list of requested changes to the law, with two additional proposals: Allow covered employers to accrue and permit the usage of leave in half-day increments — arguing many farms and small rural employers do not have systems in place to work with smaller increments — and allowing employers to maintain one overall leave category if they ...
Palisades nuclear plant along Lake Michigan plans for a 2025 …
2024年11月13日 · On the shores of Lake Michigan at the Palisades nuclear plant, Paul Schultz pushes a button to artificially trip the reactor in a training version of an operation room. The simulation triggers lights blinking on the walls and machinery, and Schultz works to shut down the reactor with Paul Rhodes, an assistant operations manager of […]
Here’s what you need to know about Michigan’s gun laws that …
2024年2月13日 · Several new gun laws concerning storage, possession and purchasing firearms go into effect Tuesday. Exactly one year ago, a mass shooting on Michigan State University’s East Lansing campus resulted in the deaths of three students and serious injuries for five others. In response to the tragedy of Feb. 13, 2023, lawmakers got several gun reforms […]
Michigan lawmakers could crack down on leaving dogs outside …
2024年10月2日 · Temperatures are starting to drop for the year in Michigan and a group of state lawmakers have introduced legislation to firm up clear definitions of what appropriate shelter means for dogs in Michigan. Failing to provide “adequate care” for animals in a person’s care meaning sufficient food and water, exercise and medical attention as well […]
Michigan Senate passes increase to state unemployment benefits …
2024年12月5日 · Michigan could increase the value of payments and allow individuals to be eligible for longer under legislation that cleared the state Senate with bipartisan support Thursday. It’s been more than 20 years since the maximum weekly benefit rate cap has been increased, and sponsor of Senate Bill 40, Sen. John Cherry (D-Flint), told reporters Thursday […]
Legislation to protect reproductive health data gets hearing in ...
2024年11月13日 · A hearing was held Tuesday by the Michigan Senate’s Committee on Housing and Human Services on legislation that would require informed consent of an individual before their reproductive health data could be collected. Senate Bill 1082 was introduced by state Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak) on Nov. 7, two days after the election which will […]
Sunday is deadline for Affordable Care Act insurance enrollment …
2024年12月14日 · People who want to sign up for health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act in 2025 must do so by the end of the day Sunday, Dec. 15, if they want coverage to start on New Year’s Day. “For accidents or injuries or when illness strikes, the last thing that anyone should have to […]
Federal hostility could delay offshore wind projects, derailing state ...
2024年12月22日 · Numerous East Coast states are counting on offshore wind projects to power tens of millions of homes and to help them transition to cleaner energy. But putting wind turbines at sea requires the cooperation of a powerful landlord: the federal government. Soon, that government will be led by President-elect Donald Trump, who has frequently disparaged […]
Haadsma files for recount following slim loss to GOP opponent
2024年11月25日 · State Rep. Jim Haadsma (D-Battle Creek) filed for a recount on Monday morning, after losing his bid for reelection by less than 100 votes. Haadsma’s attorney, Chris Trebilcock told Michigan Advance that they filed a petition for a recount Monday morning, which the Michigan Department of State confirmed. While initial results of the election showed […]
Jennifer Crumbley, mother of Oxford school shooter, asks judge to …
2024年12月2日 · The mother of the Oxford High School shooter who was convicted earlier this year on criminal charges of involuntary manslaughter for the four students her son killed back in 2021, is asking a judge to throw out her conviction citing a “sham prosecution grounded in prosecutorial overreach”. The filing, which seeks to gain an acquittal […]