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MICHIGAN INDEX
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“I am committed to working with everyone and anyone — from every corner of the country, from every walk of life, from every background
Funding in Gov. Rick Snyder’s budget plan for enforcement of the new law regulating the medical marijuana industry from seed to sales. Revenue would be from taxes and fees.
and with those who supported my nomination and those who did not — to protect, strengthen and create new world-class education opportunities for America’s students.” Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, after being sworn in last week
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Acres of dunes next to Ludington State Park mined for sand to sell to fracking operations under a renewed state permit good through 2021. The company now needs an inland lakes and streams construction permit, a new requirement.
$12.6B
Pre-tax earnings by General Motors for 2016, a record, although net profit fell 3 percent. Workers will get a $12,000 bonus.
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Years today since a Spanish force from St. Louis took Fort St. Joseph (near Niles) from its British defenders and destroyed the installation, leaving after a day. See the entry at bit.ly/CMUtimeline.
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Inches of precipitation above normal for February so far in cities across the southern Lower Peninsula.
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Making more noise about fireworks
Although Michigan has fewer young drivers on the road than at the start of this decade, they are the most likely to be involved in serious traffic crashes. They represent 6.6 percent of licensed drivers statewide yet are involved in 21 percent of crashes where at least one person was killed or had an incapacitating injury. Here for selected counties are the percentage of serious accidents involving drivers ages 16-20 in 2015, with the number of crashes. More in Perspective.
A bill introduced last week by Reps. John Chirkun, D-Roseville, and Patrick Green, D-Warren, would allow local officials to limit fireworks to the day before, the day of, or the day after New Year’s Day, Memorial Day and Independence Day. Now, fireworks can be fired on or surrounding any national holiday. The lawmakers say it’s a response to residents’ complaints about noise. Is this common sense? Over-regulation? Here are some opinions from MLive.com commenters.
Saginaw
Muskegon
Accidents: 142
Accidents: 143
23.5%
23.3%
Kent
Kalamazoo
Accidents: 359
Accidents: 167
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Bay
Jackson
Accidents: 66
Accidents: 126
18.9%
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Washtenaw
Accidents: 149
Accidents: 157
17.2%
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Make all the laws you want. Give the local authorities as much as you want. The real problem is that the current laws are not enforced. ... The real problem is the lack of respect people have for each other anymore. JS G That would set a dangerous precedent by allowing local authorities to supersede state laws. If they can do it for fireworks, they can get away with doing it for everything. Analyze This One I do not mind fireworks when they are used during pertinent holidays. But ever since they passed this law, my neighbors start shooting them every weekend from the 2nd week in June all the way into Sept Ifish4fun We don’t need any more stupid rules and regulations! Tell them legislators to knock it off ! zackwest If people stuck to the day before and the day after, there’d be little issue. Unfortunately, the day the pop-up stands go up, we’ve got nonstop fireworks til a week or two after the Fourth. jefnvk
Source: Michigan State Police
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