Elinor Epperson
Elinor Epperson is an environment intern through the Great Lakes News Collaborative. She is wrapping up her master's degree in journalism at Michigan State University. She hopes to do investigative and longform journalism once she gets her sea legs.
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Michigan is seeking public comments on updated licensing rules for child care centers. Comments can be mailed or emailed, and there's a public hearing in Lansing Tuesday. -
Michigan Democrats introduced two bills in the state House last week to codify how residents can ask libraries to remove material from their shelves. -
The Michigan Public Service Commission has granted a rate increase for DTE Gas. But that’s not the only order its given the utility. -
Michigan could become a “right to sit” state under a bill introduced in the state House. State Democrats introduced HB 5983 this fall. It would require employers to supply seating for their employees — and allow them to use it. -
State Senator Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton) introduced a bill last week that would tighten restrictions for hazardous waste facilities, including those licensed to take radioactive waste. -
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is distributing free contraception across the state starting in November. -
Advocates say election distractions, negotiations, and a slim Democratic majority in the Michigan House have kept a suite of polluter-pay bills stuck in committee. -
Removing dams can harm the delicate mussels that live downstream, so the federal government requires dam owners to search for mussels and move them before demolition. -
The number of Michigan students taking career and technical education courses has surpassed pre-COVID enrollment for the first time, according to the Michigan Department of Education. -
Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill that expands which hospitals the state considers “rural.” But in practice, the bill only changes things for one hospital.
