Michigan hotel taxes fund tourism promotion. Should they also fund services?

Interlochen Public Radio
Across northern Michigan, hotel taxes generated almost $30 million for area convention and visitors bureaus. Some in Traverse City say the money should go to the county.
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‘Big, beautiful bill’ scraps $20M conservation projects in northwest Michigan

Interlochen Public Radio
he money was slotted for stream restoration and farmland preservation across the region.
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Report: Climate change continues to drive warmer weather, extremes in Great Lakes region

Report: Climate change continues to drive warmer weather, extremes in Great Lakes region
Great Lakes Commission
An updated report confirms climate change is affecting the Great Lakes region through warmer and wetter weather, greater fluctuation in lake levels and disappearing fish populations. Read the full story […]
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Lucknow, Kincardine festivals receive Experience Ontario funding

Lucknow, Kincardine festivals receive Experience Ontario funding
The Lucknow Sentinel
even area organizations recently received funding from the 2025 Experience Ontario program, including Lucknow’s Music in the Fields and the Kincardine Lighthouse Blues Festival. “These seven organizations are doing incredible work to bring people of all ages together and celebrate what makes our region unique. This funding will help elevate their events and create memorable […]
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McBean: What Canada can learn from the Texas flash flood

McBean: What Canada can learn from the Texas flash flood
London Free Press
The flash flood in Texas that killed more than 130 people should be a wake-up call for Canada, a climate expert says
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Michigan public health agencies axe programs amid federal cuts

Interlochen Public Radio
A cloud of uncertainty hangs over Michigan’s local public health departments as they prepare their fiscal year 2026 budgets.
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A Good, Not Great Lake

Interlochen Public Radio
Lake Champlain is more than 16 times smaller than Lake Ontario, the smallest Great Lake. But in 1998, Congress designated Lake Champlain as the sixth Great Lake, teeing off a historical and cultural fight over which lakes can really call themselves Great.
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“I’ve called shelter after shelter”: new rule could displace Michigan mom living in her car

Interlochen Public Radio
The rule would prohibit extended stays at MDOT rest areas and carpool lots—spaces where some unhoused Michigan residents have sought refuge.
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One person taken into custody after rural standoff: OPP

One person taken into custody after rural standoff: OPP
London Free Press
Ontario Provincial Police say one person was taken into custody after two people barricaded themselves inside a home in Southwold Township on Wednesday morning.
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Report highlights barriers former inmates face reintegrating in Grey-Bruce

Report highlights barriers former inmates face reintegrating in Grey-Bruce
The Lucknow Sentinel
People "released to the sidewalk" are sometimes faced with starting over without identification, transportation, money, immediate medical needs or shelter, a new report says
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PHOTOS: Plenty of ways to beat the heat in and around London

PHOTOS: Plenty of ways to beat the heat in and around London
London Free Press
People are looking for ways to stay cool this week as another heat wave hits the the region.
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Federal funding freeze threatens SEEDS after-school programs

Interlochen Public Radio
The Traverse City nonprofit runs programs in schools that often don't have other free summer or after-school options.
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