Week of March 27-April 2: April is Michigan Wine Month; the state’s jobless benefits get shorter; the FDA weighs in on a premature-birth drug controversy; a possible link between artificial food coloring and child behavioral problems; a pasty fest in the U.P.; and everything you always wanted to know about the founder of Hamtramck but were afraid to ask. May we suggest a nice Riesling with your links?
- Michigan Cuts Jobless Benefit by 6 Weeks (NYT)
- Snyder advocates city-county mergers (Detroit News)
- Sales of fuel-efficient autos stall despite high gas prices (Freep)
- Smuggling of live fish seen as threat to Great Lakes (News)
- Accident Fund prepares to open headquarters in renovated Ottawa Power Station (LSJ)
- State’s wine industry growing more fruitful (News)
- In Detroit, urban farming waiting to take root (Freep)
- How healthy is your county? Find out (UpNorthLive)
- FDA Fires Shot at Pricey Preterm Labor Drug (NPR)
- FDA Panel to Consider Warnings for Artificial Food Colorings (NYT)
- Nutrition Guidelines: Are You Eating Too Much Sugar? (Shape)
- Having realistic expectations for walkability (m-bike.org)
- UPside of life: A very tasty festival (UP’s Second Wave)
- Book on “Lovable Cities” Focuses on Detroit (Detroit Lives!)
- Why is Michigan So Generous with Bottle Deposits? (Mental Floss)
- Jean-Francois Hamtramck (The Night Train)
Photo by lpwines.
