NEW YORK — From Sydney to Paris to New York City, crowds rang in the new year with exuberant celebrations filled with thunderous fireworks or light shows, while others took a more subdued approach. As the clock struck midnight in Japan, temple bells rang and some climbed mountains to see the ...
LANSING — Michigan’s minimum wage jumped by $1.25 an hour on Thursday under a new state law that sped up planned base rate increases but scaled back a bigger bump for tipped workers. The minimum wage climbed from $12.48 to $13.73 an hour on Jan. 1. The sub-minimum wage for tipped ...
MARQUETTE – Local Celtic trio, The Knockabouts, is set to perform at the Marquette Maritime Museum's Jan. 6 Maritime History on Tap event. Barb Rhyneer (fiddle, vocals), Tim DeMarte (Bodhran, vocals) and Daniel Truckey (guitar, bouzouki, vocals) will perform a set of tunes rooted in the ...
The U.S. Postal Service has adopted a new rule that could create doubt about whether some ballots mailed by voters by Election Day will receive postmarks in time to be counted. A USPS rule that took effect on Dec. 24 says mail might not receive a postmark on the same day the agency takes ...
As Michigan grapples with an ongoing teacher shortage, a new report says the state is also falling short when it comes to building a diverse educator workforce. According to EdTrust-Midwest, just over 11% of Michigan teachers are people of color, even though nearly 40% of the state’s ...