Ford Airport breaks ground on 7.7 million operations facility
Cascade Township Gerald R. Ford International Airport started construction on an 11,600 square‑foot operations center costing 7.7 million dollars. The building will house operations, communications, dispatch and the emergency operations center, with continuous staffing and weather‑resistant design. Completion is expected by June 2022, with future expansion to include the airport fire department.
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Ford
Cascade Twp
Gerald R. Ford International Airport
Wood-Tv 8
Kent County
Dan Koorndyk
Gerald R. Ford Airport Authority
West Michigan
Michigan AG rules birth certificate policy unconstitutional
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says a 1978 law requiring gender confirmation surgery to amend birth certificates violates equal protection and due process. The opinion allows individuals to change their birth certificates with a physician statement of surgery no longer required. Nessel argues certificates should reflect true identity and caregiver relationships as with parental information.
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Lansing
Michigan
Dana Nessel
Nessel
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Elizabeth Hertel
Anna Nichols
Associated Press
Report For America
Michigan Supreme Court opens door to more slip and fall suits
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled 4-2 that a waitress's estate can pursue a slip and fall claim against a parking lot owner after Donna Livings died following an icy fall at her workplace. The decision narrows the open and obvious standard, with Justice Viviano noting factual questions about the lot conditions and hazard significance. The ruling returns the case to Macomb County court amid debate over liability tied to job status versus hazard.
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Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Donna Livings
Dawn
Livings
David Viviano
Macomb
Michigan
Supreme Court
Bridget McCormack
Dimitre
Brian Zahra
Biden nominates 2 Michigan judges to federal courts
Oakland County Judge Shalina Kumar and Court of Appeals Judge Jane Beckering, both named in Biden’s federal nominations, would join U S District Courts in eastern and western Michigan respectively. If confirmed, Kumar would be Michigan’s first federal judge of South Asian descent. Both were appointed by former Governor Granholm and later elected.
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Biden
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Oakland County
Shalina Kumar
U.S. District Court
Court of Appeals
Jane Beckering
Joe Biden
White House
Kumar
Beckering
Jennifer Granholm
Gretchen Whitmer
Senate
Lithium battery blaze forces 1000+ evacuations in Illinois
A massive industrial fire at an old paper mill in Morris Illinois caused mandatory evacuations for about 1000 homes as toxic smoke and 180000 to 200000 pounds of lithium batteries exploded. Fire officials warned of deadly fumes while crews faced shorting batteries and fear of reignition, with containment expected by Wednesday night.
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Illinois
Morris
Tracey Steffes
Morris Fire Protection & Ambulance District
ABC 7
Chicago
Grundy County
Steffes
Rockton
Wisconsin
Associated Press
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