Capital News Service
Plan to coordinate roadwork expected soon
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A pilot program looking for better ways to coordinate repair, maintenance and replacement of Michigan’s roads and other infrastructure is finishing its recommendations this month.
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Fate of Michigan rivers, Chinese soybeans tied to emerging research concept
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A research method called “telecoupling” may provide more accurate predictions of environmental disasters.
Capital News Service
Are Michigan roads ready for self-driving cars?
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How can a state that can’t patch potholes make roads smart enough for self-driving cars? Experts and the state’s transportation director discuss what it will take to prepare infrastructure for a human-driverless future.
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A warmer, wetter Michigan might be making potholes worse
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What connects climate change and lots of precipitation with Michigan’s proliferating potholes? Last year set a precipitation record.
Agriculture
Measure seeks to prevent potato diseases
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It may become mandatory for most potato seed growers to use only certified seed to prevent the spread of diseases that can threaten a valuable part of Michigan’s agricultural economy, under a bill awaiting the governor’s signature.
Agriculture
Farmers eye tariff as potential trouble
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Many farmers are worried about possible retaliatory trade tariffs for agricultural products that Michigan exports to China and elsewhere. We talk to soybean, milk and agri-business groups about the potential impacts.
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Potholes plague road agencies, drivers
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Rising temperatures and heavy rains have done a number on Michigan’s roads, and local road agencies are scrambling to patch potholes and make other repairs under difficult conditions.
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Michigan driver education may add bicycle safety lesson
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At a time when bicycle-vehicle crashes are on the rise, a bill working its way through the Michigan Legislature would require driver ed programs to provide training about bicycle safety.
Capital News Service
More money sought to clean up brownfields
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Michigan Governor Rick Snyder wants higher dumping fees to raise money to clean up abandoned contaminated industrial sites known as brownfields.
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Farmers confront too much milk, low prices
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Dairy farmers who produce Michigan’s top agricultural commodity — milk — are still being slammed by low prices and overproduction.