Detroit Bishop Faces Backlash After Rebuking Church Member’s Donation

Bishop Marvin Winans of Detroit’s Perfecting Church sparked widespread criticism after a viral video showed him publicly scolding a congregation member for donating $1,235 instead of the requested $2,000 during a Sunday fundraising service. The...

Michigan launches first annual Microplastics Awareness Week

Pieces of microplastic are pictured. (Photo courtesy of the Environmental Protection Agency) LANSING – Microplastics are everywhere: in our water, our food and even our bodies. At under 5mm in size – smaller than a pencil eraser – microplastics...

Michigan Works taking applications for Going PRO Talent Fund now

Michigan Works Berrien, Cass, Van Buren is now taking applications from employers for the next round of Going PRO Talent Fund grants. The Going PRO Talent Fund offers grants to train employees, helping businesses across the state retain talent and...

Able Medical Devices opens new 30,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Marquette

Pictured from left, Rob Bennett, Able plant manager; Taylor Jayne, Able quality and engineering manager; Steve Hicks, J.M. Longyear President & CEO; Cherie Burton, JM Longyear board chairman; Martin Deloria, vice president and managing director;...

After nearly 3 million pounds of food aid cancelled, impacts across Michigan vary

LANSING — While Michigan food banks lost nearly 3 million pounds of food in cancelled deliveries through August 2025, the actual impact on the organizations varied widely. In March, $500 million was cut in funding for the Commodity Credit...

More Regulation joins More Tax on Michigan Pot

Share0 A new legislative package in Michigan proposes broad limits on retail cannabis businesses and tighter regulation of hemp‑derived products. The centerpiece, Senate Bill 597 (SB 597), introduced by Sam Singh (D‑East Lansing), would prohibit...

PJM Must Deploy 16 GW Energy Storage to Meet Peak Demand by 2032: Report

The Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland (PJM) interconnection must deploy at least 16 GW of energy storage by 2032 and 23 GW by 2040 to ensure system reliability, according to a new report from the U.S. Energy Storage Coalition. The report finds that...

Amid Trump’s clean energy cuts, feds back big power line upgrades in Michigan

Trump administration officials have finalized a Biden-era financing deal that will bring upgraded power transmission lines to Michigan. But the status of $14 billion more in federal commitments to support projects by other Michigan utilities and...

US doubles down on Trump admin push to rebuild industrial base amid China pressure

U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer updates U.S.-China trade talks and President Donald Trump's upcoming call with Xi Jinping on 'Mornings with Maria.' The United States is pushing back against what it regards as China’s latest attempt to...

Why Macquarie expects this ASX All Ords energy stock to surge 56%

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Tech industries hit hardest as US job growth stalls, unemployment rises

Post-Covid job growth in the United States peaked in early 2022 and has seen a steady decline ever since. At the same time, unemployment rates have been ticking up consistently across the nation, creating an unusually constricting environment for...

This Day in Michigan History: First Model A car rolls off production line

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - On Oct. 20, 1917, the first Model A rolled off the production line. But, it wasn’t ready for purchase that day. The public didnt’ see the car until Dec. 2 of that year. The vehicle is considered the less-famous, but still...

Justin Wolfers Says AI's Soaring Energy Demand Is Like Egg Shortage — But Predicts Market Will 'Hatch More Watts' As Prices Rise

Economist Justin Wolfers compared the current surge in electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence to a temporary "egg shortage," arguing that rising prices will spur new investment and stabilize power supply over time. Justin Wolfers...

Chaos with lines proved Michigan can dig deep

Looking at the scoresheet, it’d be hard to find someone who believes that the No. 3 Michigan hockey team can’t find enough offense. The Children of Yost have already chanted “double fist” twice this year after the Wolverines put up 11 and 10 goals...

How Michigan is preparing for a rivalry that ‘means everything’

Usually, the No. 25 Michigan football team considers the upcoming opponent nameless and faceless. For the past eight weeks, the Wolverines’ meetings, practices and discussions inside Schembechler Hall have almost exclusively centered around...

Exhibition opener against Cincinnati served as litmus test for Michigan freshmen

Encouraged by his observations in offseason practices, coach Dusty May believes his incoming freshmen have the talent and pedigree to become integral parts of the No. 7 Michigan men’s basketball team’s rotation, both this season and long term. But...

Michigan Football: Bryce Underwood Rocked as Long-Term Injury Confirmed for OT

It’s injuries galore for Michigan and Sherrone Moore after the much-needed Washington win. The return of some important downed players remains doubtful as the Wolverines enter their bye week. Now, Bryce Underwood‘s protection stands threatened...

Twin industrial catastrophes in Tennessee, US and Dhaka, Bangladesh expose global capitalism’s war on workers

Left: Survivors of the Bangladesh factory fire; Right: Mourners of victims of the Tennessee explosion [Photo: TRTWORLD / Humphreys Co. Community]Less than a week apart, two industrial catastrophes—one in Bucksnort, Tennessee, and the other in...

7 Mid-Sized Cities in Michigan That Hit the Sweet Spot

Michigan State Police arrest Marquette man for possessing and distributing child sexually abusive material

MARQUETTE, MI— A Marquette man has been arrested by Michigan State Police in connection with child sexually abusive material. The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigated Joseph Bowers, 31, for possessing, manufacturing, and...