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Nestlé Pays Only $200 to Take 130 Million Gallons of Michigan's Water
Nestlé is making waves in Michigan as it applies to draw 60% more water from a single well it owns without paying any more money. 2The Swiss company pays $200 annually for a permit to pump water from its own wells, including its well outside of Evart, Michigan, from which it already pumps 130 million gallons of water each year.
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New marquee lands at the Fillmore Detroit
After a summer of renovations, a new marquee has made its way to the front of the Fillmore.
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Delray neighborhood set to receive its own historical archive
Author Karen Dybis is developing an archive of photos, objects, and oral histories for the Detroit neighborhood.
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Michigan business owner gives $4M in Christmas bonuses
About 200 employees of a northern Michigan manufacturer received an average $20,000 Christmas bonus. Ludington-based FloraCraft surprised its employees during a holiday lunch on Friday, Dec. 14, when owner and Chairman Lee Schoenherr announced plans to give nearly $4 million in bonuses. Top gifts to employees with more than 40 years of tenure will exceed $60,000, the company. The gifts are a combination of cash bonuses and 401(k) contributions.
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Fears of Republican Power Grab in Michigan Fade as Governor Vetoes Bill
Just a few weeks ago, protesters marched through the Michigan Capitol claiming that Republicans were trying to subvert the will of voters and seize power from the Democrats who had just been elected governor, attorney general and secretary of state. The protesters’ worst fears did not come to fruition. On Friday, Gov. Rick Snyder, a Republican whose eight-year tenure ends next week, vetoed a bill that would have allowed lawmakers to intervene in court cases, a measure seen as an effort to dilute the authority of the new Democrats. Other legislation that would have stripped power from incoming officials never made it to a floor vote.
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Michigan’s GOP Is Stripping Power From the State’s Voters
Michigan’s constitution lets voters pass progressive ballot initiatives, so the state GOP is trying to undo the constitution.
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John Engler Will Resign as Michigan State Interim President After Nassar Remarks
Pressure mounted on Mr. Engler to step down after he was quoted saying that some of Lawrence Nassar’s victims were enjoying “the spotlight.”
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Leaving Detroit's Delray: A family swaps homes for better life
The lives of the Anderson family dramatically changed as part of program allowing them to trade their keys for home in more stable area of Detroit
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Detroit dupes public with false police response times as 911 calls spike
Motor City Muckraker and Deadline Detroit collaborated on a series about Detroit's declining police services. This is part 1.
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100 Years Later, Dearborn Confronts the Hate of Hometown Hero Henry Ford
Dearborn, proud home of Henry Ford, has addressed the auto pioneer's anti-Semitism in the 1920s, which flourishes today on extremist websites.
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Redistricting guru: Michigan’s maps are legal, even if process was political
Michigan’s controversial political districts were drawn in secret by Republicans and written in part to help incumbents – and there’s nothing wrong with that, one of their chief architects testified Thursday.
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John Dingell Jr., a House ‘Bull’ Who Served the Longest, Is Dead at 92
Representing a Michigan district for a record 59 years, he was one of the last of a group of powerful Democratic committee chairmen on Capitol Hill.
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Remembering the Twitter legacy of former Michigan Rep. John Dingell
Former Michigan Representative John D. Dingell Jr. died Thursday at the age of 92. Here are the greatest hits of Dingell's memorable Twitter legacy.
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'Miss Lulu,' widow of Tigers' broadcaster Ernie Harwell, dies at 99
Mrs. Harwell, referred to lovingly as "Miss Lulu" by Ernie on Tigers broadcasts, died Friday in Farmington.
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Jaden Smith’s foundation collaborates with church to supply Flint with clean water
Jaden Smith’s organization and a local church announced a mobile water filtration system that reduces lead and other potential contaminants.
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Detroit Red Wings legend Ted Lindsay dead at 93
Ted Lindsay, a Detroit Red Wings legend and four-time Stanley Cup winner, has died at the age of 93
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Jack White donates $10,000 to Hamtramck Stadium restoration
The crowdfunding campaign aims to restore Michigan Negro League relic for baseball, soccer, cricket and community use, a release said.
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Ernie Harwell's estate drained by family infighting
Court files show the estate of legendary Detroit Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell and his wife, Lulu, has been sucked dry.
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Michigan man pleads guilty to throwing water balloons at Trump fans, says he might do it again
A man who threw water balloons at supporters of President Donald Trump outside a Michigan rally has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor but says he might do it again. Robert Truax Jr. tells TV station WZZM that “actions are going to be louder than words these days.” “I was trying to stand up for the people who are just against the president,’’ he said Thursday outside the 8th floor courtroom. “In a way his supporters are just like him. I did what I had to do.’’
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A Detroit bathhouse cleans up its act. Welcome to the Schvitz.
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