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Get rewarded for experiencing Greater Lansing’s attractions, museums, recreational places and leisure activity spaces. The refreshed Lansing Experience Pass allows you to digitally check in to local museums, science centers, parks, and more while getting select discounts and accumulating points you can redeem for prizes!
The Michigan state average is 4 cents more than this time last week
DEARBORN, Mich., (May 13, 2024) - Gas prices in Michigan are up 4 cents from a week ago. Michigan drivers are now paying an average of $3.64 per gallon for regular unleaded. This price is 5 cents less than this time last month but still 29 cents more than this time last year.
LANSING — With the approach of Global Accessibility Awareness Day next week, the Michigan Department of Treasury is encouraging hundreds of thousands of Michiganders with disabilities to open MiABLE savings accounts as one way of gaining more financial freedom to improve digital access and inclusion.
University of Michigan Health-Sparrow nurses honored during Nurses Week
LANSING, Mich. – During National Nurses Week (May 6-12), University of Michigan Health-Sparrow honored thousands of highly skilled nurses who tirelessly dedicate themselves to caring for our patients and their families. This year’s Nurses Week theme was “Better Together,” highlighting our team approach to ensuring our patients receive the quality and compassionate care that we are known for.
(FLINT, Mich. – May 10, 2024) – Today, the Flint & Genesee Economic Alliance and General Motors (GM) celebrated National Small Business Day by awarding 24 small businesses in Flint a total of $205,000 through the Moving Flint Forward Small Business Grant Program. This fifth round of grants brings the automaker’s total financial support of the initiative –which supports revitalization efforts across the city’s neighborhoods by strengthening local businesses – to nearly $1.2 million.
Carson City, Mich. – University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Carson celebrated National Nurses Week by honoring several of its highly skilled nurses with DAISY Awards.
The UM Health-Sparrow Carson Infusion Center was presented with the DAISY Team Award for their professionalism, respect and compassion and always going above and beyond expectations. Team DAISY Awards are designed to honor collaboration of a group, led by a nurse, who meet patients and family needs beyond the traditional role of nursing.
Harris Nature Center Foundation fun run/walk June 5 weaves through forest, nature
The deadline to register and guarantee a t-shirt is Friday, May 10.
Live music, refreshments greet participants at finish line;
proceeds benefit Harris Nature Center educational programs
MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP, MICH. — Harris Nature Center Foundation and Playmakers are presenting “Motivated by Nature,” a fun run/walk through the mixed forest of Harris Nature Center, Wednesday, June 5, 6-8 p.m. The 48-acre park is located at, 3998 Van Atta Rd., Okemos.
The Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) and Impression 5 Science Center will celebrate 30 years for the annual Adopt A River event this Saturday, May 11 from 8:30am to 1pm at Impression 5 Science Center, 200 Museum Drive in Lansing. Volunteers will help make the Lansing area even more beautiful by helping clean up the Grand and Red Cedar rivers along the 10.2 mile Lansing River Trail.
The Sterling Heights Local Office of the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) reopened this week for in-person appointments following renovations to create a welcoming atmosphere for Michiganders who want to meet with a UIA agent.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) announcement to move forward with harmful changes at the Iron Mountain Processing Center that could lead to significant mail disruptions in the Upper Peninsula, U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led 25 Senate colleagues in calling on USPS to pause all changes to its processing and delivery network that could slow down mail delivery until the potential impacts are further studied by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) and addressed by the Postal Service. In a bipartisan letter, Peters expressed concern over the impacts these changes have already had on communities across the country, and the potential impact to timely mail delivery that further changes could cause.
