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Marijuana tax payouts dip in Michigan amid sales slump

By JANELLE D. JAMES/Bridge Michigan Bridge Michigan Michigan is once again sending millions of dollars in marijuana tax revenue back to local communities — though this year's payout is slightly smaller than last and spread across more governments. Nearly $94 million will be distributed ...

US plans to clear-cut in Michigan forest. Some fear for endangered species

By LAURA HERBERG/Bridge Michigan Bridge Michigan The US Forest Service is proposing a massive project in a national forest in Michigan that would log land roughly the size of Detroit, expand gravel mining and build roads. The Silver Branch Vegetation Management Project would span about 40 ...

Michigan sees record cougar reports in 2025, including some cubs

By LAURA HERBERG/Bridge Michigan Bridge Michigan Cougars were detected 31 times in Michigan in 2025, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. That's the highest number of confirmed observations since the predator was wiped out of the state in the early 1900s. And the ...

Mom charged with killing pregnant biological daughter in rural Michigan woods

CADILLAC, Mich. (AP) — Authorities charged a woman and her husband with murder Tuesday in the death of her pregnant biological daughter whose body was found in a Michigan forest three weeks after she disappeared. Rebecca Park, 22, was in the final days of her pregnancy when she was last seen ...

Citing threats, Michigan lawmakers race to grow police power, hide addresses

By SIMON D. SCHUSTER/Bridge Michigan Bridge Michigan Three weeks ago, state Rep. Angela Rigas woke up to the sound of protesters chanting outside her west Michigan home. The group of several dozen activists were demanding the Caledonia Republican withdraw her sponsorship of a bill that ...

Michigan man charged with murder in 2010 disappearance of his 3 sons

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan man long blamed for the disappearance of his three sons at Thanksgiving in 2010 has been charged with their deaths, court records show. John Skelton is facing three counts of murder and tampering with evidence in the deaths of ...