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High level wildfire smoke heading into Michigan, See how long it lasts
A large patch of wildfire smoke is moving into Michigan now. Here’s the forecast for its movement across our state. With the clear skies now we can definitely get a good look at the smoke location on the satellite imagery. The smoke is moving southeast out of southern Canada, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin into northwest Lower Michigan and the Upper Peninsula.
In a Michigan toss-up race, inflation has some voters ‘looking for a change’
BRIGHTON — When Elyse Moore thinks of November and the upcoming presidential election, one word comes to mind: desperation. A mother of four and owner of the Brighton-based shop, McClements Farm, Moore says she’s struggling to buy groceries for her family or stock for her shop. Inflation, she said, is “really killing people right now.”
Whitmer targets Trump over ‘flip-flops’ on abortion, IVF
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on Tuesday slammed former President Trump for his recent attempts to shift the conversation around reproductive rights and abortion, stating voters “can’t trust” the GOP nominee. “I mean, this is a Draconian, scary moment, and we know you can’t trust Donald Trump when it comes to women’s fundamental rights to…
Michigan's life expectancy ranks in bottom half of states
Michigan ranks 30th out of the 50 states for life expectancy, a new analysis shows. By the numbers: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects a child born in Michigan in 2021 to live 75.7 years. There's as much as a nearly 10-year difference in life expectancy between some...
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