By Ben Solis | Senior Reporter
Quoted and Noted
“The real challenge is whether a Michigan resident, in evaluating the computer center, thinks it's in their interest to take into account what this does to the likelihood of fueling a nuclear arms race.”
- Stewart Prager, a professor of astrophysical sciences at Princeton University, on concerns over weapons research and modernization efforts associated with a proposed computing center.
Yard sign opposing the proposed University of Michigan/Los Alamos National Laboratory computing center in Ypsilanti Township. (Photo by Elinor Epperson/Michigan Advance)
By Elinor Epperson
The University of Michigan’s proposed computing facility in Ypsilanti Township is the next step in high-powered computing and nuclear weapons research for Los Alamos National Laboratory. Nonproliferation experts say the research could also contribute to the development of new weapons.
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By Katherine Dailey
PORT HURON — A St. Clair County Board of Commissioners committee decided on Thursday night to table a decision to launch an independent investigation into the county medical director, Dr. Remington Nevin — an investigation that public health nurses in the county have been requesting for months.
Map of the 13 hydroelectric dams proposed for sale by Consumers Energy. (Graphic by Consumers Energy)
COMMENTARY
By Sam Garin
In June, a Michigan judge overseeing deliberations regarding Consumers Energy’s proposed dam sale recommended that the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) reject the proposed sale of 13 dams to an out-of-state private equity firm.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
What iconic Detroit product was created by Ben and Perry Feigenson, immigrant brothers who came to Detroit from Russia?
Let us know @michiganadvance on Bluesky and check back in later today for the answer.
Friday's answer: The Economy Printing Shop at the corner of 12th and Clairmount was the site where the 1967 Detroit Rebellion began.
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