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Forecasts predict peak temperatures will exceed 90 degrees in mid-Michigan. But high humidity levels will make it feel closer to 100 degrees outside.
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Consumers Energy is collaborating with several Michigan school districts to get dozens of electric buses out on the road during the upcoming academic year.
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As smoke from wildfires in Canada continues to spread across the U.S., Michiganders are being urged to take precautions and minimize their time outdoors.
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Officials at the Department of Natural Resources say northern Michigan is at an elevated risk for the spread of wildfires for the next several days.
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Clinton County’s Board of Commissioners is adopting a 1-year moratorium on utility-scale renewable energy projects.
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Michigan is one of two states that has not designated an official state insect. Some lawmakers want the black swallowtail butterfly to represent Michigan, while back the more well-known monarch butterfly.
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Senator Gary Peters came to MSU's Horticultural Center Friday to promote legislation that would fund research to help fruit producers combat an invasive insect species.
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The Michigan state house was packed May 9 as lawmakers heard from aggregate industry representatives and “local control” supporters. The discussion concerned recently introduced legislation that would hand permitting of aggregate mines, from local governments, over to the state.
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Snowmelt and recent rain have brought Great Lakes water levels up. This spring rise is normal - and water levels are projected to increase even more this month.
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Native American tribes are working with university researchers and others to determine why whitefish, an important source of protein, is declining.
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When the Michigan legislature passed a historic overhaul of the state’s waste management law, recycling proponents celebrated. But not everyone was happy with some aspects of the new policy - they say it opens the door to “industrial plastic burning.”
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In Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden, Camille Dungy describes her years-long project to transform her weed-filled, water-hogging, monochromatic lawn into a pollinator's paradise.