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Bay College to host safety conference

ESCANABA — The Upper Michigan Safety Conference will be Friday, April 29, at Bay College in Escanaba. This year’s featured speaker is Dustin Brighton. an ISA certified arborist with more than 20 years in the fire service, serving in various roles from firefighter to officer. He will ...

Michigan’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency established

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Executive Reorganization Order 2022-1 went into effect Wednesday and the Marijuana Regulatory Agency is now the Cannabis Regulatory Agency. Authority over Michigan’s hemp processors and handlers under the Industrial Hemp Research and ...

Postal reforms championed by Sen. Peters signed into law

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden has signed into law bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Sen. Gary Peters D-Mich., chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to set the Postal Service on a more sustainable financial footing and support the goal of providing ...

Michigan adopts uniform bar exam

LANSING — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed HB 5541 that provides for the Michigan Bar Examination to consist of the Uniform Bar Examination , bringing Michigan in line with 40 other jurisdictions. The result will be to strengthen the bar examination to test lawyering skills in a ...

Walmart, Kohl’s settle with FTC over ‘eco-friendly’ rayon products

NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart and Kohl's are paying a combined $5.5 million in settlements after the Federal Trade Commission said they falsely marketed dozens of sheets and other home textile products as made of environmentally friendly bamboo, when they were actually rayon. Kohl's agreed to pay ...

Bay College introduces School of Massage Therapy

IRON MOUNTAIN — Bay College West Campus is pleased to announce the launch of its Massage Therapy Training Program starting Aug. 15 in Iron Mountain The West campus is working closely with Jenny DeDecker of Full Moon Rising Wellness Studio in Norway, and has been approved as an Assigned ...