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Battery Energy Storage Systems, or BESS, allow for generated energy to be used at a later date. But communities have mixed feelings about them. In Comstock, a proposal to build large-scale battery storage caused controversy.
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U.S. Centers for Disease Control/AP
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Michigan voters choose the members of the boards at the state's three largest public universities. That would change under a proposal in the Michigan Senate. -
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Officials estimate there are roughly 49,000 Michiganders with intellectual or developmental disabilities. They have very few housing options. However, that is slowly changing. -
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