Mark Richardson
Public News Service ProducerMark has over 30 years in the news media, where he has worked for newspapers, magazines, radio/TV and digital media. Currently based in Northern Michigan, he has also worked in Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, Austin and Las Vegas, among other markets. Newsrooms include The Austin American Statesman, CBS News, The Associated Press, The Las Vegas Review-Journal, Dun & Bradstreet, Time Warner, and Clear Channel Radio (now iHeartMedia). Mark earned a Bachelor of Journalism with a double major in print and broadcast news at The University of Texas at Austin (Hook 'em Horns!).
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a new law that rolls back Michigan's "Retirement Tax" that was implemented more than a decade ago
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Legal action an option as environmental activists try to fight pollution
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Environmental groups are pointing to a recent 14,000-barrel oil spill in Kansas by the Keystone Pipeline as a warning that a planned pipeline project in Michigan could bring the same result.
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A coalition of Michigan advocacy groups wants Congress to permanently renew the enhanced Child Tax Credit in its 2023 federal budget.
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The National Wildlife Federation and other conservation groups are calling on Congress to pass the Recovering America's Wildlife Act by the end of the year. The measure would provide $1.4 billion annually to prevent extinctions and protect fish, wildlife and plants for future generations.
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Many doctors who provide abortions say since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned 'Roe v. Wade,' they must turn women away who need care, or send them to clinics hundreds of miles away.
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Open enrollment for health insurance on the Affordable Care Act's healthcare marketplace begins November 1, for coverage that starts in January.
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Producers of 'Against the Current 2: Keeping Invasive Carp Out of the Great Lakes' say more than 100,000 people so far have viewed their short film that chronicles efforts to stop invasive Asian carp from getting a foothold in the Great Lakes.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun an environmental impact study of the Enbridge Line 5 project, which would dig a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac to route an oil pipeline. Environmental groups and indigenous tribes oppose the project.
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After a period of hesitancy, carmakers are now moving at full speed to put nonpolluting EVs in American garages, and energy companies are planning to roll out the charging infrastructure to power the new technology.