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Nominations sought for award honoring UP community leaders

BOUQUET: InvestUP is calling on businesses, organizations and local institutions across the Upper Peninsula to recognize the people whose determination, leadership and years of service have made a lasting difference in their communities. Nominations are now open for the Nancy Douglas Award for Community Impact and Dedication, established in honor of Nancy Douglas, a Menominee County economic development trailblazer who built a lasting legacy by tackling difficult projects, bringing people together and refusing to settle for the status quo. “Mom put so much of herself into the ...

State provides resources on diabetes, prediabetes

Diabetes is one of the fastest-growing chronic diseases in Michigan, with at least 2 million residents living with diabetes or prediabetes. As part of Diabetes Awareness Month, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is promoting programs designed to improve management of diabetes and prediabetes. “Diabetes is a leading cause of death in Michigan and can lead to serious complications, including heart disease, stroke, blindness, kidney disease and lower extremity amputations,” Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, chief medical executive, said in a news release. “The good news ...

Silicon Valley is losing its political power

The midterms showed that the political bill for the AI boom is falling due. The Democratic sweep intensified fears over runaway spending, mounting debt and resistance to datacentres, sending tech shares tumbling. Last Thursday, Wall Street suffered its worst day since the pandemic as $3.2tn was wiped from markets. Anthropic, developer of the Claude chatbot, is hoping to float within the next fortnight for $1.5 trillion (£1.1tn), but it may not now get even a trillion dollars. The dominant AI chipmaker Nvidia saw its value crash by more than $400 billion. The world’s richest man, Elon ...