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“The Women of the Copper Country” is Michigan Humanities’ choice for the 2021-22 Great Michigan Read. The story takes place in the 1913 copper strike in the Keweenaw Peninsula. (Photo courtesy of Martin Waymire)
MARQUETTE Residents throughout Michigan are invited to join in reading and discussing “The Women of the Copper Country,” Mary Doria Russell’s account of 25-year-old Annie Clements as she stood up for the miners and their families during the 1913 copper strike.
The book is Michigan Humanities’ choice for the 2021-22 Great Michigan Read and was unveiled during March, which is Women’s History Month.
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Fact check: Biden administration officials falsely describe infrastructure jobs estimate
Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg joins CNN s Alisyn Camerota to breakdown what is in President Biden s new infrastructure plan.
Posted: Apr 3, 2021 10:27 AM
Updated: Apr 5, 2021 11:15 PM
Posted By: CNN
Top officials in President Joe Biden s administration have made a series of television and radio appearances to promote the infrastructure proposal Biden unveiled last week, a roughly $2 trillion package the White House has named the American Jobs Plan.
But some of these Biden officials have inaccurately described one of the figures they have made central to their sales pitch. And while Biden s Friday description of this same figure was literally accurate, it was still pretty misleading by omission.
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MARQUETTE The National Governors Association will collaborate with Michigan and five other states on strategies for equitably meeting the social-emotional needs of students and families during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s office announced.
The NGA Center for Best Practices said it has selected the six states for technical assistance from its staff and national and state partners, as well as grant support to develop and carry out action plans focused on one or more specific state policy priorities related to students’ social and emotional development during and beyond the pandemic.
Additionally, governors’ offices will engage with and learn from peers and national and state experts to advance their policy priorities.