Rose White
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Reporter for MLive | adjunct for Hope College
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Brad Devereaux
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Read this if you're looking for important & original local journalism (this story is in W Michigan): A migrant worker died after picking Michigan asparagus. His death fell through the cracks.
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A migrant worker died after picking Michigan asparagus. His death fell through the cracks.
Five years after Emilio Lopez came to work in the United States, the question lingers: Why did he suddenly get deathly ill?
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2025/02/a-migrant-worker-died-after-picking-michigan-asparagus-his-death-fell-through-the-cracks.html
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A 420-acre swath of state forestland will be cleared for a solar farm near Gaylord under a lease agreement with the Michigan DNR.
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Michigan plans to clear 400+ acres of state forest near Gaylord for solar farm
Officials with the DNR recently assessed 1,200 acres of public trust land in Otsego County near a major power transmission line to decide whether it was suitable for solar arrays.
https://www.mlive.com/environment/2025/01/michigan-plans-to-clear-400-acres-of-state-forest-near-gaylord-for-solar-farm.html
about 1 year ago
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Eviction Lab
about 1 year ago
âWe need to be doing more in this chamber to fight the affordable housing crisis and to make a space for all people to find stable housing in our state.â By
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New law bans landlords from rejecting renters over income source, like Section 8
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a law barring landlords from discriminating based on source of income.
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2024/12/new-law-bans-landlords-from-rejecting-renters-over-income-source-like-section-8.html
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A skyline defining project from the DeVos and Van Andel families is facing community pushback: With billions in assets, canât they afford to pay for the $797 million private development without asking the public for help?
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With billions in assets, should DeVos and Van Andel families qualify for big tax incentive?
The Grand Rapids City Commission is set to consider a $565 million Transformational Brownfield subsidy Tuesday, Dec. 3 for a massive downtown project affiliated with the DeVos and Van Andel families.
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2024/12/with-billions-in-assets-should-devos-and-van-andel-families-qualify-for-big-tax-incentive.html
about 1 year ago
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In June 2022, Grand Rapids Police officer Christopher Schurr was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of Patrick Lyoya, a Black man who immigrated to Michigan from Congo. More than two years later, his case has yet to go to trial.
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Ex-Grand Rapids police officer charged in killing of Patrick Lyoya loses appeal
The case against Christopher Schurr, who is charged with second-degree murder in the April 4, 2022, death of Patrick Lyoya, is now expected to be scheduled for trial.
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2024/12/ex-grand-rapids-police-officer-charged-in-killing-of-patrick-lyoya-loses-appeal.html
about 1 year ago
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer promised to fix the damn roads and poured billions into infrastructure. But how do we know when that's happened?
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With billions spent, is Whitmerâs pledge to âfix the damn roadsâ a broken promise?
Capitalizing on the frustrations of Michigan drivers, Gov. Gretchen Whitmerâs 2018 election campaign prominently featured a pledge to âfix the damn roads.â
https://www.mlive.com/politics/2024/12/with-billions-spent-is-whitmers-pledge-to-fix-the-dam-roads-a-broken-promise.html
about 1 year ago
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MLive
about 1 year ago
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Snowfall reports from across Michigan, nearly 3 feet in one area so far
From ski towns to U.P. snowmobile areas, this holiday weekend snow is making lots of people excited for winter.
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Michigan is no longer actively pursuing a plan to develop a 1,400-acre megasite in Eagle Township, even after disbursing nearly $6 million to prep the site for future use.
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Michigan steps back from developing 1,400-acre rural megasite
The state is no longer pursuing a plan to turn a megasite in Eagle Township into an industrial site.
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2024/11/michigan-steps-back-from-developing-1400-acre-rural-megasite.html
about 1 year ago
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Lucas Smolcic Larson
about 1 year ago
A Michigan utility buys power from 1950s-era coal plants whose largest owner happens to be its parent company. It's a bad deal for the power company's customers, consumer watchdogs and enviro groups say.
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Michigan utility wants to charge customers for pricey coal âboondoggleâ, watchdogs say
A Michigan utility buys above-market power from Cold War-era coal plants owned by an affiliate when cheaper options are on the table, critics say, and customers are worse off for it.
https://www.mlive.com/environment/2024/11/michigan-utility-wants-to-charge-customers-for-pricey-coal-boondoggle-watchdogs-say.html
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In 2020, two employees at a Sanilac County manufacturer were hospitalized with Legionnaires' disease. Three years later, legionella grew again â killing one worker and sickening two others after the company failed to mitigate the deadly bacteria.
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Worker dies from Legionnairesâ after disease hits manufacturer second time
The state investigated after a company failed to address a Legionnairesâ outbreak and the bacteria grew again â killing one worker and sickening two others.
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2024/11/worker-dies-from-legionnaires-after-disease-hits-manufacturer-second-time.html
about 1 year ago
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University of Michigan economists are forecasting the federal deficit will climb to a "level would be unprecedented outside of wars, the recent pandemic, and severe recession," under President-elect Trump's plan to usher in tax cuts and tariffs on China:
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https://lsa.umich.edu/content/dam/econ-assets/Econdocs/RSQE%20PDFs/UM_RSQE_US_Forecast_Nov24.pdf
about 1 year ago
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Itâs feeling like a Christmas Hallmark movie in Grand Rapids â¨
about 1 year ago
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Iâm curious about the decision to interview the man who used the n-word during a Michigan committee hearing last week. To me, itâs giving him a big platform to parrot racism. What are your thoughts?
www.fox2detroit.com/video/1548354
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Man who uses racial slur during hearing in Lansing defends use
While speaking against the legislation, Avi Rachlin claimed the bills "targets white people" and that those who have Concealed Pistol Licenses are "primarily white."
https://www.fox2detroit.com/video/1548354
about 1 year ago
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MLive
about 1 year ago
Built your MLive starter pack. We'll keep adding as more join. Great reporters, photographers and videographers all over the state of Michigan. Here you go:
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