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Making sure it’s safe to eat out in Oakland

When the late Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson would eat out at Oakland County restaurants and other food institutions inspected

Religion in Michigan’s public school systems

The debate over maintaining a secular environment in public schools as opposed to allowing the teaching of religious doctrine has taken on…

Climate change plans in local communities

Sustainability is a broad concept among green thinking circles. At the individual level, it can be as simple and inexpensive as linking…

Vacancy challenges for police agencies

Most of the nearly 60 cadets training at Oakland Police Academy in Auburn Hills will have a job waiting for them at a local municipality…

Battling against invasive species

Michigan prides itself on tourism from its natural beauty but some visitors are unwelcome. Invasive species, both plants and animals, have…

Water fluoridation controversy returns

By Stacy Gittleman On the shores of the Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids, just outside the JW Marriott Hotel, stands a five-ton,...

Michigan’s aquifers and their importance

This summer, if you find yourself on a sandy shore, take a shovel and start digging. Chances are you will hit water. This science experiment

Oakland County landfill concerns

Michigan for decades has been the garbage receptacle of the Midwest. That has left Michigan with about a quarter century of space left in it

Our digital world: The toxic radiation health threat

Our digital world is ubiquitous and the telecommunications industry wants it that way. But academic, medical, public health and scientific…

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