November is 20 degrees colder than average, Hamilton tickets are on sale for GR today, and college athletes could be paid for the use of their name and image.
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The Lakeshore was hit hard "impactful snow" Wednesday, many waking up today without power.
Roads are slick this morning causing more traffic issues and being compounded by construction.
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Michigan lawmakers will consider letting college athletes be paid for the use of their name, image and likeness.
Bipartisan bills introduced in the state House on Wednesday are modeled after a proposal signed into law in California in September.
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Tickets for the Broadway show "Hamilton" went on sale at 8 a.m. at the DeVos Place box office and gin on sale at 10 a.m. online atTicketmaster.com.
The production is set for January 21, 2020 through February 7.
Notables
U.S. stock index futures turned sharply higherThursday morning, after China said the world's two largest economies had agreed to remove existing trade tariffs.
Around 5:50 a.m. ET, Dow futures implied a positive open of about 140 points. Futures on the S&P and Nasdaq were both higher.
Special Olympics Michigan has purchased the former South Christian High School campus located at160 68th Street SW in Byron Township, Michigan, and will transform the former Grand Rapids area school into the Special Olympics Michigan Unified Sports & Inclusion Center.
The new center will serve as a training facility for Special Olympics Michigan’s four regions and 36 areas throughout the state. Particular emphasis will be placed on unified sports and health and wellness programs, including nutrition and preventative care. The development of these programs will then be modeled and shared more broadly throughout the state.
Student of the year
A 9-year-old Florida boy offered to give his teacher a pay raise withhis $15 birthday money. Who's cutting onions around here?
Astronaut Andrew Morganvoted from space in the Pennsylvania election. Think about that the next time you want to sleep in on Election Day.