By Ben Solis | Senior Reporter
Quoted and Noted
“What I’m hearing every single day from my residents, they’re getting letters in the mail as we speak … that they’re going to get kicked off food assistance, their healthcare.”
- U.S. Rep.-elect Donavan McKinney, on overturning the GOP’s mega tax and spending cut law, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
Big Sable Point Lighthouse (left) and Ludington North Breakwater Light (right) in Ludington, Michigan on July 4, 2026. (Photo by Jon King/Michigan Advance)
By Kyle Davidson
As tech companies and President Donald Trump’s administration continue pushing to build out more data centers to drive artificial intelligence development, some proposals are looking to move these facilities underwater.
A pickup truck lats down thick exhaust as it passes a rally outside Howell City Hall held in response to recent white supremacist demonstrations on Nov. 23, 2024. (Photo by Jon King/Michigan Advance)
By Jon King
House Bills 6459 and 6460, introduced Tuesday by state Rep. Brenda Carter (D-Pontiac), would make it illegal to intentionally aim vehicle exhaust at individuals and establish sentencing guidelines for the offense.
Gas prices at a Speedway gas station in Lansing, Sept. 25, 2026. (Photo by Kyle Davidson/Michigan Advance)
By Kyle Davidson
In the wake of Democrats’ sweeping victories across the nation, post-election polling commissioned by organizations focused on clean energy and environmental issues found that energy affordability was at the top of many voters’ minds as they cast their ballots.
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TRIVIA OF THE DAY
What Michigan sports star was known as the “Cajun Cannon”?
Let us know @michiganadvance on Bluesky and check back in later today for the answer.
Wednesday's answer: Before tourism became the dominant industry in Douglas, Michigan in the early 1900s, it’s main claim to fame was having 10,000 peach trees.
Source: https://mysdhistory.org/
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