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Marijuana legalization raises questions only the courts will answer
Date: Nov-16-2018
With the 56-44 percent passage of Proposal 1 by voters on the statewide Nov. 6 ballot - allowing the recreational use of marijuana - what will change for Michigan workers,...
News Briefs
Date: Nov-16-2018
Monroe Block work to start: $830 million Groundbreaking on the $830 million Monroe Block development in downtown Detroit is set to take place in December, according to Bedrock Detroit, the real...
State's new pot law lights up a few tokens of interest...
Date: Nov-16-2018
Michigan became the 10th state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana on Nov. 6. Based on legalization and drug testing experiences here and elsewhere, here are a few items...
Union voters help themselves on Election Day
Date: Nov-16-2018
LANSING - Beginning Jan. 1, 2019 and for the next four years, at least, Michigan's labor unions won't have to worry about having little influence on the next anti-worker legislation...
We're still talking about putting asbestos in building products?!
Date: Nov-16-2018
Two years ago, we covered the reformed Toxic Chemicals Control Act (TSCA), now known as the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. The Lautenberg Act gave...
More power to the people: Pine River wind project winds down
Date: Nov-02-2018
SHEPHERD - The Pine River Energy Center's final wind turbine was lifted into place on Oct. 8, marking the near-completion of a project that began in early July where building...
News Briefs
Date: Nov-02-2018
Workers comp cuts injuring workers Reductions in workers compensation benefits imposed by Republican state legislators and Gov. Rick Snyder in 2011 are working exactly as they intended. For the eighth...
Now the Hudson's Hole, but a tall order awaits for the trades
Date: Nov-02-2018
DETROIT - Meet the site of the former home of the state's largest department store. And meet the new, future home of the state's tallest building. Admittedly, it's not much...
Want prevailing wage back? The process starts with the Nov. 6 ballot
Date: Nov-02-2018
This year's raucous argument before the state Legislature over the question of whether to repeal the Michigan Prevailing Wage Act essentially came down to partisan politics. The petition initiative sponsored...
Union election endorsements seek to bolster helpful candidates
Date: Oct-19-2018
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