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Timeline: Here’s when Michigan’s minimum wage will reach $15
Michigan’s minimum wage will reach $15 an hour.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed two bills into law on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, that made changes to the state’s minimum wage, tipped wage, and sick time laws. The changes made it so the state’s minimum wage would reach $15 an hour a year earlier than planned and halted the subminimum wage phase-out at 50%.
Chain reaction crash on I-75 near Mack Avenue kills 2 -- What we know
Two people are dead after a multi-car crash on I-75 Sunday afternoon.
The crash happened just after 3 p.m. on Feb. 23, 2025, on southbound I-75 near Mack Ave.
Federal workers confront mass confusion as Musk’s deadline to list accomplishments looms
Confusion and chaos loom as hundreds of thousands of federal employees begin their workweek on Monday facing a deadline from President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting chief, Elon Musk, to explain their recent accomplishments or risk losing their jobs.
Musk’s unusual demand has faced resistance from several key U.S. agencies led by the president’s loyalists — including the FBI, State Department, Homeland Security and the Pentagon — which instructed their employees over the weekend not to comply. Lawmakers in both parties said that Musk’s mandate may be illegal, while unions are threatening to sue.
Pope is awake, resting on 10th day of hospitalization after early stages of kidney problem detected
Pope Francis woke up and was continuing his therapies Monday after a quiet night, on the 10th day of his hospitalization for a complex lung infection that has provoked the early stages of kidney insufficiency, the Vatican said.
“The night passed well, the pope slept and is resting,” it said. The 88-year-old pope is continuing to feed himself and is not receiving artificial or liquid nutrition, the Vatican said, adding that he was in good spirits.
Weather: Breezy and milder for Metro Detroit to start the week; rain returns Tuesday
After a little sunshine and more clouds than anything to end the weekend on Sunday, we will keep the cloud cover to start the week on Monday, but also look ahead to warmer temperatures moving into the region as well.
We keep the dry weather into the forecast looking ahead into the start of next week, and the warming trend will also continue. Mostly cloudy skies can be expected on Monday, high temperatures heading into the upper 40s by Monday afternoon. The warmer change in temperatures is thanks to a strong southerly flow moving into the region to start the week, this will bring breezy winds into the forecast for most of the day. Expect gusts as high as 35-40 MPH throughout much of the day.