Grand Rapids not likely to opt out of marijuana business
GRAND RAPIDS (AP) — The mayor of Michigan’s second-largest city says Grand Rapids likely will embrace marijuana businesses after voters legalized the recreational use of pot.
Mayor Rosalynn Bliss says the Nov. 6 statewide ballot question won plenty of support in Grand Rapids. She says, “That spoke volumes to me.”
Many Michigan communities aren’t welcoming marijuana shops, although retail businesses won’t open for months while state rules are developed.
Communities that allow pot shops will get a cut of the taxes. Recreational use among adults who are at least 21 can start Thursday.
Grand Rapids lately has been focusing on ordinances that would allow medical marijuana businesses, a process that was in the works before the recent election.
Realtors’ group donation to help train service dog
SOUTHFIELD (AP) — A Detroit-area Realtors’ group has donated $30,000 to help train a medical service dog for pairing with a veteran living in Michigan.
The Southfield-based 8,500-member Greater Metropolitan Association of Realtors says the donation to Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs is part of the group’s “5 Years, 5 Dogs, 5 Lives Saved” initiative.
Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs trains dogs to mitigate challenges associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, seizure disorders, glucose imbalance, mobility issues, hearing impairment and other health issues.
Greater Metropolitan Association of Realtors President Jamie Iodice says properly trained medical service dogs are lifesavers for many veterans, even helping to reduce incidents of suicide.
Justices reject appeal over border wall
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. appeals court has struck down a federal immigration law that opponents warned could be used to criminalize a wide range of statements involving people in the country illegally.
The law made it a felony for people to encourage an immigrant to enter or live in the U.S. if they know either act is illegal.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the law is unconstitutional because it criminalizes a substantial amount of protected speech.
Judge A. Wallace Tashima said the statute would make it illegal for a grandmother to urge her grandson to ignore limits on his visa by encouraging him to stay in the U.S.
Amusement park finds wallet lost nearly four years ago
HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man has his wallet back nearly four years after it apparently fell out of his pocket while riding a roller coaster.
It was a running family joke to tell the kids to look for dad’s wallet every time they visited Hersheypark. Jon Anson tells WHTM-TV he got a call from the park that maintenance crews had found his wallet.
Inside were his Hersheypark passes, a $25 gift card to a book store, a gift card to a golf center and a Starbucks card with a balance of 87 cents.
Shaun Cooney of Hersheypark says his team tries its best to reunite lost items with their owners.
Anson has used the remaining 87 cents on his Starbucks card.
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