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1 week ago | 
michiganpublic.org | Mercedes Mejia |Michelle Jokisch Polo
First introduced to the market in 1974 by Monsanto, Roundup quickly became one of the most widely used herbicides in the world due to its effectiveness at eliminating weeds. In fact, in Michigan, the majority of row crop farmers turn to Roundup as a primary tool for weed management.
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1 week ago | 
michiganpublic.org | Michelle Jokisch Polo |April Van Buren
Part of the groundwater underneath Ann Arbor is contaminated with 1,4-dioxane. It’s known as the Gelman Plume. The name comes from the medical filter manufacturing company that started dumping dioxane on its property west of the city in 1966. That’s not news, though — the plume was discovered more than 40 years ago. And for decades, Ann Arbor residents have been lobbying for state or federal officials to do something to actually clean up the contamination.
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3 weeks ago | 
michiganpublic.org | Michelle Jokisch Polo
December and Christmas may be months away but Christmas tree farmers are already hard at work preparing for the season. It's been just over a month since about two dozen workers, most from Mexico, arrived to work at Michigan’s Dutchman Tree Farms, the largest Christmas tree grower in the state. Thousands of seasonal workers from abroad arrive in the state each year through a federal visa program called H-2A to help harvest everything from Christmas trees to cherries and cucumbers.
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3 weeks ago | 
businessandamerica.com | Michelle Jokisch Polo
Seasonal workers come to the U.S. each year through a visa program called H2A to help harvest everything from Christmas trees to cherries. Now, growers say higher wage requirements threatens business. Source link
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3 weeks ago | 
kuow.org | Michelle Jokisch Polo
Seasonal workers come to the U.S. each year through a visa program called H2A to help harvest everything from Christmas trees to cherries. Now, growers say higher wage requirements threatens business.
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3 weeks ago | 
npr.org | Michelle Jokisch Polo
Audio will be available later today. Seasonal workers come to the U.S. each year through a visa program called H2A to help harvest everything from Christmas trees to cherries. Now, growers say higher wage requirements threatens business.
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3 weeks ago | 
vpm.org | Michelle Jokisch Polo
LEILA FADEL, HOST:December and Christmas may be months away, but Christmas tree farmers are already hard at work preparing for the season. Thousands of seasonal workers from abroad arrive each year through a federal visa program called H-2A to help harvest everything from Christmas trees to cherries and cucumbers. The farmers who hire them want to lower the minimum wages they can pay seasonal workers set by the federal government. Michigan Public's Michelle Jokisch Polo reports.
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1 month ago | 
wkar.org | Dustin Dwyer |Lindsey J. Smith |Michelle Jokisch Polo |April Van Buren
The jury confirmed to a judge Thursday morning that it was unable to reach an agreement on a verdict in the Christopher Schurr trial. Schurr faced a second-degree murder charge for the death of Patrick Lyoya. The jury began deliberating Monday, May 5. The next day, jurors told the judge they'd reached a deadlock. But 17th Circuit Court Judge Christina Mims told them to keep working towards a verdict. On Thursday she accepted the jury was deadlocked and said she'd declare a mistrial.
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1 month ago | 
wvpe.org | Dustin Dwyer |Lindsey Smith |Michelle Jokisch Polo |April Van Buren
The jury confirmed to a judge Thursday morning that it was unable to reach an agreement on a verdict in the Christopher Schurr trial. Schurr faced a second-degree murder charge for the death of Patrick Lyoya. The jury began deliberating Monday, May 5. The next day, jurors told the judge they'd reached a deadlock. But 17th Circuit Court Judge Christina Mims told them to keep working towards a verdict. On Thursday she accepted the jury was deadlocked and said she'd declare a mistrial.
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1 month ago | 
interlochenpublicradio.org | Dustin Dwyer |Lindsey Smith |Michelle Jokisch Polo |April Van Buren
The jury confirmed to a judge Thursday morning that it was unable to reach an agreement on a verdict in the Christopher Schurr trial. Schurr faced a second-degree murder charge for the death of Patrick Lyoya. The jury began deliberating Monday, May 5. The next day, jurors told the judge they'd reached a deadlock. But 17th Circuit Court Judge Christina Mims told them to keep working towards a verdict. On Thursday she accepted the jury was deadlocked and said she'd declare a mistrial.
