he federal funding that pays for much of Great Lakes water, weather and ice cover monitoring is at risk in the Trump administration’s proposed NOAA budget for 2026, while the […]
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The Traverse City nonprofit runs programs in schools that often don't have other free summer or after-school options.
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In Elk Rapids, Charlevoix and Petoskey protesters carried signs and gathered in high traffic areas. Thousands gathered in Traverse City.
Data shows there hasn't been a significant increase in migrants from the U.S. heading to Canada during Donald Trump’s second term
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore has approximately two-thirds of the seasonal staff it typically needs to welcome more than 1.5 million visitors over the next three busy months.
A Free Press reader says "too often now, change is initiated by those who pull at the heart strings of people, and not common sense."
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AmeriCorps provides paid community service jobs that span a wide range of fields, from disaster recovery to education.
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Local immigration attorney Marcelo Betti says there’s a lot more to the story of immigration to northern Michigan than you might think.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer says face time with Trump, including a now-famously awkward Oval Office encounter, was worth it to win 21 new fighter jets in Macomb County.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s appointment of Michigan Supreme Court Justice-designate Noah Hood might have been more consequential if it flipped the high court’s majority. But that’s not the case. Rather, it takes the court from a majority of Democratic Party-affiliated justices to a 6-1 super majority. Why it matters. Plus, President Trump will visit Macomb County next week for a rally highlighting the first 100 days of his second administration.
The Trump administration’s new trade rules aimed at penalizing operators of Chinese-built ships and boosting domestic shipbuilding appear to have spared the Great Lakes shipping industry from fees on ships […]
The White House Executive Order issued April 9, called “Restoring America’s Maritime Dominance,” directs the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with other cabinet members, to find opportunities to encourage investments […]