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Traverse City expects a big turnout next month for a public hearing on emergency homeless shelters.There are no specific zoning guidelines today.Under the…
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A Republican in the state Senate wants to boost Michigan’s minimum wage to $8.15 an hour.Sen. Rick Jones’ introduced the legislation Thursday, which would…
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Children growing up in poverty face huge challenges. One challenge that might not come to the top of the mind, though, is pollution. As part of...
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President Obama was in Ann Arbor Wednesday to make the case for an increase in the minimum wage. The President told a crowd at the University of Michigan…
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President Barack Obama was in Ann Arbor today, pushing the Fair Minimum Wage Act. That’s the bill that would gradually raise the federal minimum wage...
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Michigan’s Medicaid expansion is officially up and running. That means hundreds of thousands of low-income Michiganders are now eligible for…
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Starting a business can be hard. How about starting a business with a mission to help end homelessness? Well, that’s even harder. Stateside’s Mercedes...
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Dramatic growth in the homeless population of Traverse City has brought more attention to the issue. But it’s not clear whether that will help efforts to…
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The campaign to raise Michigan’s minimum wage will now begin collecting signatures.A state panel gave the petition campaign the OK to go ahead. The Board…
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Leaders of a church-based homeless shelter in Traverse City will modify their proposal to lease a city building.Safe Harbor has never had a building of…