MARQUETTE, MI - A proposed Marquette neighborhood announced a “forest-to-home” community that offers high-quality products harvested from regional timber. Longyear, the development company behind the Forestville project, says its residents will be surrounded by healthy forests and have ...
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Federal workplace safety authorities have fined a central Pennsylvania confectionary factory more than $14,500 following an accident last year in which two workers fell into a vat of chocolate. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Mars Wrigley in the June accident at the Elizabethtown M&M/Mars factory, saying the workers were not authorized to work in the tanks and weren’t trained on the proper safety procedures for the equipment. Officials said two workers employed by an outside contracting firm fell into the partially filled ...
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers in New Mexico are pushing for a flat 25-cents-a-drink tax to combat the state’s alcohol death rate, which is the highest in the country and nearly twice the national average. The legislation survived its first committee Friday, advancing on a 6-4 vote. The Albuquerque Journal reports that if the proposal advances through the Capitol, New Mexico would raise alcohol taxes and dedicate an extra $155 million in new revenue to support health, treatment and other programs. But the newspaper said the proposal is facing blunt opposition from ...
I moved to Ishpeming in August this year. Throughout the end of August and the month of September I was commuting back to Twin Lakes in Houghton County to finish up the sale of my Golf Course. With open arms the Greater Ishpeming-Negaunee Area Chamber of Commerce and so many of our members ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Union members voted down a contract proposal covering tens of thousands of Walt Disney World service workers, saying it didn’t go far enough toward helping employees face cost-of-living hikes in housing and other expenses in central Florida. The unions said that ...
On Friday January 20th, I had the pleasure of attending the Northern Michigan Policy Conference, an annual event put on through the hard work of our friends at the Northern Michigan Chamber Alliance (NMCA) and the staff at Traverse Connect. The room was full and the energy level was high as ...
