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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The U.S. Department of Education has fined Baker College $2.5 million for misrepresenting data about its graduates’ job placement and pay.
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State officials are seeking public comment on an air use permit for a proposed salt and potash mine in Osceola County.
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Legal gambling in Michigan generated about half a billion dollars in tax revenue for the state School Aid Fund, according to the Michigan Gaming Control Board.
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Organizations like nonprofits or government agencies can apply for funds to build infrastructure that will connect communities and locations that were previously underserved.
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If you’ve used an e-bike or even just encountered one on state trails in Michigan, the Department of Natural Resources wants to hear from you. They’re conducting a survey about new rules introduced in August that allow residents to use electric bikes on certain state trails.
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A bill that passed the House on Friday would allow Michigan to use Medicaid funds to pay for community violence intervention services in hospitals.
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Michigan retailers have until December 31st to transition to selling only cage-free eggs. That change is the result of 2019 legislation that banned eggs from birds raised in cages at farms with over 3,000 egg-laying hens.
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Scammers are continuing their own holiday traditions of using new technology to con people out of their money. That’s according to an awareness campaign by Attorney General Dana Nessel.
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The EPA has banned all uses of tricholoroethylene (TCE) and most uses of perchloroethylene (PCE). Those are cancer-causing chemicals used in a variety of consumer products and industrial processes.
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The deadline to file a claim for a settlement from the Unemployment Insurance Agency is December 20. A lawsuit alleges the agency took benefits back without properly reviewing workers' appeals.