This is one of those days when Up North Progressive throws 400 words away because everything has changed with the passage of hours instead of days. What’s going on in Northern Michigan can only be described as disgusting. Today the sheriffs of four counties in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan issued a press release […]
Are You Ready For Some Good News? The Committee to Ban Fracking, the intrepid organization from Charlevoix, Michigan, won their lawsuit in the Michigan Court of Appeals on April 2, 2020. The years-long battle to give the citizens of Michigan the right to decide if they want fracking to continue to Michigan now goes to […]
It’s vitally important that every registered voter goes to the polls today and vote. There are some important changes with voting in 2020 thanks to people voting for those changes in the 2018 general election. You can now vote by absentee ballot without a specific reason for needing one. If you didn’t get your ballot […]
On February 12, 2020 the Lake County Board of Commissioners approved with unanimous vote to accept a contract from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The contract will allow ICE to move prisoners from North Lake Correctional Facility, owned by GEO Group, to the shuttered Lake County jail annex located in Baldwin. The annex up until […]
The first Michigan Free Fishing Weekend of 2020 will be this Saturday, February 15, through Monday, February 17, 2020. During this weekend, anyone in Michigan can fish without a license. All other fishing regulations still apply. Anyone wanting to use boating access sites at state parks during the Michigan Free Fishing Weekend can do so […]
Apply for a no-reason absentee ballot and you will receive your ballot in the mail. You have from now until March 10, 2020, to vote in the Michigan presidential primary. Want to be a permanent voter by mail? Contact your local Democratic Party and they can assist you with making your absentee ballot application permanent.
2020 is a big year for the state of Michigan’s water. Nestlé Waters looks forward to pumping 400 gallons of fresh water out of Osceola County every minute. Enbridge makes plans to begin building their tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac. PFA testing and cleanup continue across the state. It couldn’t possibly get worse. In […]
Enbridge Not Giving Up on Line 5: Tell Them What You Think
Thursday , 23, April 2020 Up North Progressive Enbridge Line 5, Michigan Water Leave a comment. The Michigan Public Service Commission received an application from Enbridge Energy on April 17, 2020, requesting authority to replace or relocate Enbridge Line 5 into a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac. Currently, the 67-year-old pipeline lays on the bottom of the Straits exposed to corrosion and damage from rupturing; dumping millions of gallons […]