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Whitmer signs bills banning sale of ‘whip-its,’ expanding drug treatment options

Senate Bills 57 and 58 will ban the sale of items used to inhale nitrous oxide to get high

By Scott McClallen, The Center Square
Mar 12, 2024

Tags: Michigan, Government, News, Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan drug laws, Michigan legislature
Metro Detroit

Detroit City Council OKs $12.69M opioid settlement

Over the past decade, more than 2,000 Detroiters have died from a drug overdose according to officials

By Scott McClallen, The Center Square
Apr 6, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, opioid crisis in Michigan, Detroit, Detroit City Council
Canna-Business

Grand Rapids cannabis operators chafe under city’s social equity rules

The rules burden the marijuana industry with the weight of government’s actions, says Shoran Williams, the general counsel and chief regulatory officer of Fluresh

By Scott McClallen, The Center Square
Apr 5, 2023

Tags: Canna-Business, Weed, Michigan marijuana magazine, Cannabis, Media Detroit, Cannabis, Magazine, Detroit, Cannabis, Newspaper Detroit, Marijuana Media Detroit
Metro Detroit

Detroit plans $45 million for digital equity

The University of Michigan says Detroit has the lowest rate of internet connectivity in the United States

By Scott McClallen, The Center Square
Apr 5, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Detroit digital divide, digital redlining in Detroit, Mayor Mike Duggan, Christine Burkette, social equity
Canna-Business

Gaylord revokes marijuana dispensary license

Since Wednesday, 25 employees are out of a job while the dispensary exercises the option to appeal

By Scott McClallen, The Center Square
Apr 4, 2023

Tags: Canna-Business, Weed, Gaylord, Michigan cannabis industry, dispensaries in Michigan
Michigan

Michigan to begin $81M opioid settlement distribution

The majority of the money is to be spent on opioid treatment and prevention

By Scott McClallen, The Center Square
Jan 18, 2023

Tags: Michigan News, News, opioids, Michigan, drugs, addiction
Michigan

Michigan bill aims to ban TikTok on state devices

At least 14 states have taken action to rid TikTok from state devices

By Scott McClallen, The Center Square
Jan 18, 2023

Tags: Michigan News, News, TikTok, Michigan, Whitmer, Lana Theis
Food News

Report: Detroit requires 77 steps to open a restaurant

By Scott McClallen, The Center Square
Feb 28, 2022

Tags: Food News
Music News

$21 million concert venue planned in Lansing

By Scott McClallen, The Center Square
Feb 2, 2022

Tags: Music News
Cannabis News

Michigan reaps $271M total marijuana revenue

By Scott McClallen, The Center Square
Jan 6, 2022

Tags: Marijuana News, Michigan marijuana magazine, Cannabis Media Detroit, Cannabis Magazine Detroit, Cannabis Newspaper Detroit, Marijuana Media Detroit
Metro Detroit

Michigan's taxpayer-fueled COVID-19 lottery fails

By Scott McClallen, The Center Square
Aug 2, 2021

Tags: Governor Whitmer, vaccine, COVID-19, lottery, pandemic
Food News

Partnership offers former criminals hospitality work in Michigan

By Scott McClallen, The Center Square
Jul 7, 2021
Food News

Whitmer signs drinks to-go into law, tax drop on to-go cocktails

By Scott McClallen, The Center Square
May 25, 2021

Tags: Whitmer, cocktails-to-go, michigan
Metro Detroit

Controversy surrounds Whitmer's secret Florida flight

By Scott McClallen, The Center Square
May 17, 2021

Tags: Whitmer, flight, Michigan, coronavirus, COVID-19
Metro Detroit

Michigan lawmaker aims to ban 'vaccine passports'

By Scott McClallen, The Center Square
Apr 9, 2021

Tags: Michigam, vaccine passport, COVID-19, coronavirus
Metro Detroit

Michigan Senate passes sweeping criminal justice reform bills

By Scott McClallen, The Center Square
Dec 11, 2020

Tags: License, Bill, Crime, Criminal Law, Law, Economics, Suspension, Criminal Justice, Offender, Michigan, Politics
Metro Detroit

U-M canceling some on-campus student housing contracts, will ramp up COVID-19 restrictions next semester

By Scott McClallen, The Center Square
Nov 8, 2020

Tags: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, coronavirus, COVID-19, U-M, UM, Michigan
Metro Detroit

Michigan Senate OKs bill seeking additional police training

By Scott McClallen, The Center Square
Jun 4, 2020

Tags: News Hits, Detroit, Michigan, police brutality, Gov. Whitmer, Irwin, Black Lives Matter
Food News

Bills aim to OK cocktails to-go, create 'social districts' outside to help Michigan bars and restaurants

By Scott McClallen, The Center Square
May 22, 2020

Tags: Table and Bar, Michigan, coronavirus, COVID-19, cocktails
Metro Detroit

Legislature sues Whitmer over emergency powers

By Scott McClallen, The Center Square
May 6, 2020

Tags: News Hits, Whitmer, Republicans, coronavirus, COVID-19, Michigan