by GLC Staff | May 29, 2026 | automobiles, automobiles, business, business, civil, construction, crime, culture, district of columbia, economy, election, environment, environment, health, healthcare, home life, housing, housing, immigration, infrastructure, legal, opinion, outdoors, pets, politics, technology, technology, united states, violations, washington, zoning
(Photo: AZPM News) United States — May 29, 2026 Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) — widely deployed by law enforcement agencies through vendors like Flock Safety — are rapidly becoming one of the most extensive surveillance tools in the United States. What began...
by GLC Staff | May 28, 2026 | business, culture, legal, mackinac island, michigan, politics, STEM, united states
(Photo: Mackinac Island Policy Conference) MACKINAC ISLAND, MI — May 28, 2026 The annual Mackinac Policy Conference opened this week at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island with business leaders warning that Michigan faces serious long-term economic challenges despite...
by GLC Staff | May 26, 2026 | business, canada, environment, illinois, indiana, michigan, minnesota, new york, ohio, ontario, pennsylvania, quebec, STEM, united states, wisconsin
(Photo: iNaturalist) Great Lakes Region — May 26, 2026 Preliminary observations from the 2026 Sea Grant Great Lakes BioBlitz indicate widespread participation across the Great Lakes basin, with thousands of wildlife observations submitted during the month-long citizen...
by GLC Staff | May 25, 2026 | art, art + food, business, cleveland, culture, detroit, events, indiana, indianapolis, michigan, milwaukee, minneapolis, minnesota, ohio, pennsylvania, pittsburgh, restaurants, united states, wisconsin
(Photo: MICHELIN Guide) GREAT LAKES REGION — May 25, 2026 More than a month after the MICHELIN Guide officially confirmed its expansion into the American Great Lakes region, the effects are already being felt across restaurant industries in Cleveland, Detroit,...
by GLC Staff | May 24, 2026 | business, culture, education, election, legal, opinion, politics, united states
(Photo: Getty Images) United States — May 24, 2026 Across the United States, renewed battles over congressional maps are once again exposing a structural problem that has been allowed to deepen for years: the use of redistricting as a political weapon rather than a...
by GLC Staff | May 23, 2026 | agriculture, albert lea, business, cannabis, cannabis, cannabis, civil, crime, culture, economy, election, legal, minnesota, politics, retail, small business, united states, violations, zoning
(Photo: Albert Lea City Council) Albert Lea, MN — May 23, 2026 Court of Appeals reverses Albert Lea cannabis denial, finds city acted “contrary to law” and “arbitrary” The Minnesota Court of Appeals has reversed the City of Albert Lea’s denial of a cannabis...
