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Protect your animals in an emergency

If there was a flood, fire, tornado, or other disaster affecting your community, what would you do to protect yourself and your animals? The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development encourages owners to take steps to ensure their animals are protected during an emergency. Taking time to plan and gather supplies now can help animals stay safe and healthy throughout any crisis. At MDARD, we know being able to respond quickly and effectively is essential to mitigating the impact of any hazardous event,” said State Veterinarian Dr. Nora Wineland, DVM, MS, DACVPM. “While ...

Buy Nearby Weekend is Oct. 4-6

Businesses and consumers across the state will join the Michigan Retailers Association next weekend in celebration of Buy Nearby Weekend. Buy Nearby is MRA’s campaign focused on keeping more retail dollars on Michigan’s Main Streets. This year marks the eleventh consecutive Buy Nearby Weekend celebration, taking place annually on the first weekend in October. According to a 2024 economic study by Public Sector Consultants, Michiganders spent an estimated $36.5 billion in out-of-state e-commerce last year. If just one in 10 purchases were redirected to a Michigan store, our ...

WAPO on what to expect on election night

In 2020, the United States did not have election night so much as election week. Factors including a slow count of mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania delayed declaring Joe Biden the winner until the Saturday after Election Day, giving President Donald Trump time to allege fraud — allegations that resulted in the Jan. 6, 2021, effort to overturn the results. This year, some — but only some — of the thousands of people responsible for administering U.S. elections have learned the lessons of four years ago. Americans should prepare themselves for another difficult post-election period ...

Older workers crucial to US economic success

The U.S. is undergoing a demographic shift that is changing older Americans’ relation to the workplace. The average and median age of the U.S. population is rising, and the composition of the workforce with it. Individual workers are tending to remain in the workforce longer and retire later. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that between 2021 and 2031 the number of workers ages 55 years and older will increase by about 10.2% to almost 41.5 million workers nationwide. With an estimated 10,000 adults turning 65 every day, retaining and recruiting older workers will ...

Pedestrian Safety Month marked in October

At some point in the day, everyone is a pedestrian. October is Pedestrian Safety Month — a great opportunity to include and increase pedestrian safety messaging across all platforms. Pedestrians walking down a sidewalk next to a busy road. The Michigan Department of Transportation reminds everyone of the critical importance of pedestrian safety. MDOT takes a comprehensive Safe System Approach to road safety. This holistic approach is a shift from conventional thinking because it accounts for inevitable human mistakes and vulnerabilities. It’s about building in redundancies to ...

Debating phone ban for schools

That collective scream you may have heard last week came from all those students out there who are joined at the hip with their cell phones. A state lawmaker had the audacity to introduce legislation to regulate those handy-dandy, can’t-live-without-them devices in schools, which produced the “outrage.” OMG. Turns out, the students are not the only ones up in arms. Some of the parents are, too. “Parental response is certainly one of the concerns, maybe even the first concern you get from school administrators and principals,” state Rep. Mark Tisdale, R-Rochester Hills, ...