Ruta Ulcinaite
Reporter at WXYZ-TV (Southfield, MI)
Formerly at KMTV Omaha - FOX 17 Grand Rapids - Now WXYZ Detroit | Immigrant 🇱🇹 | Product of @msujschool | Just the messenger
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2 days ago |
wxyz.com | Ruta Ulcinaite |Marlon Falconer
HARTLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) — After hearing concerns from residents over traffic and safety in the area of M-59 and US-23 at the Hartland Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday, the board voted 6-1 to approve Livingston County's first Chick-fil-A location. Some residents say safety is at jeopardy with an already over-concentrated intersection at M-59 and Blaine Road, right where one of the proposed entrances of the fast-food restaurant would be.
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6 days ago |
wxyz.com | Ruta Ulcinaite |Marlon Falconer
DETROIT (WXYZ) — As the United States and China continue to increase tariffs on each other's goods, Michigan's cannabis industry is getting caught in the middle. President Donald Trump raised tariffs on China to 145% on most goods and 245% on electric vehicles and syringes. China hit back with 125% tariffs on all American exports just last week. For Michigan's cannabis industries, the conversation has now turned to parts, packaging and supplies, as much of that is being imported from China.
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1 week ago |
fox17online.com | Ruta Ulcinaite |Marlon Falconer
CHELSEA, Mich. (AP/WXYZ) — Residents of all ages in Chelsea formed a human chain and helped a local bookshop move each of its 9,100 books — one by one — to a new storefront about a block away Sunday. The “book brigade,” as owner Michelle Tuplin calls it, had around 300 people participating.
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1 week ago |
wxyz.com | Ruta Ulcinaite |Jordan Nagel
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) — Parents of L'anse Creuse Public Schools demanded transparency and accountability at a school board meeting Monday night after they learned that a student, recently charged with murder but long a suspect, was able to walk the school halls for months. The student, 16-year-old Ryan Sinegal, was initially taken into custody in June of 2024 for the murder of a 17-year-old but then released.
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2 weeks ago |
wxyz.com | Ruta Ulcinaite |Marlon Falconer
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (WXYZ) — On Thursday, University of Michigan faculty and students gathered at the Diag on campus for a rally to speak out against the university’s rollbacks of diversity, equity and inclusion programs as well as nearly two dozen international students and graduates having their visas removed. Some students voiced their concerns over the growing number of changes on campus, saying what was once a safe haven does not feel like one anymore.
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