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Michigan News

GM says it can handle rising labor costs

DETROIT (AP) — Clearly frustrated with its languishing share price, General Motors on Wednesday announced a massive stock buyback plan, raised its dividend and told investors it can absorb increased labor costs from a six-week autoworkers strike. The Detroit company said it lost production ...

Michigan to join effort to regulate AI in political ads

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ALI SWENSON Associated Press LANSING — Michigan is joining an effort to curb deceptive uses of artificial intelligence and manipulated media through state-level policies as Congress and the Federal Elections Commission continue to debate more sweeping ...

Court document: Meta knowingly designed platforms to hook kids

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook parent Meta Platforms deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook kids and knew — but never disclosed — it had received millions of complaints about underage users on Instagram but only disabled a fraction of those accounts, according to a newly ...

Whitmer recognizes Marquette County residents for community service

By Journal Staff MARQUETTE — Two residents and one organization from Marquette County have been honored at the 2023 Governor’s Service Awards. Big Bay resident Marcia Gonstead was one of five honored in the Volunteer of the Year category, which includes those over the age of 25 who ...

Internet casinos thrive in 6 states

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — In the 10 years that it has been operating in New Jersey, internet casino gambling has generated nearly $7 billion in revenue for casinos and their affiliates, sent over a billion dollars in tax revenue to the state’s coffers and helped keep Atlantic City’s nine ...