Michigan marks first day for legal, recreational pot
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan is officially the first state in the Midwest to allow marijuana for more than medical purposes.
Michigan is now among nearly a dozen states and the District of Columbia with legalized recreational marijuana.
Still, retail shops are still months away and must involve state regulators.
Residents age 21 and older can possess or transport up to 2.5 ounces (70.8 grams) of marijuana and grow up to 12 plants out of public view.
It can be consumed only at homes or other private property, though landlords and employers can prohibit it.
The move comes 10 years after Michigan voters approved medical marijuana.
Study: Poverty, homelessness drive chronic school absence
ANN ARBOR (AP) — A University of Michigan study finds poverty and homelessness play major roles in Michigan kids missing school — contributing to the nearly one in six students deemed “chronically absent.”
The study released Thursday finds roughly 16 percent of enrolled public and charter school students missed at least 10 percent of school days during the 2016-17 school year.
The analysis finds lower income students absent at three times the rate of their higher income peers.
Homeless students had the highest absenteeism rate at 40 percent.
Researchers say children dealing with homelessness and poverty account for about half of the state’s students and represent 75 percent of those chronically absent.
High absence rates are found in districts statewide.
Study authors recommend early identification and outreach by schools to students and families.
Bah, Humbug: Neighbors scorn woman over holiday display
HOLLY HILL, Fla. (AP) — A woman has been scorned by her neighbors in a high-rise Florida condo because of a holiday message she spelled out in lights across her balcony.
Kathy Hill says the Ebenezer Scrooge phrase ‘Bah Humbug’ is one of her favorites at Christmas.
But other residents of the twin towers of Marina Grande in Holly Hill weren’t amused.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that Laurie Borasky-Gigliotti, who owns the unit Hill is renting, told her to take down the display because other residents were coming unglued.
She says balcony lights are against the rules, “let alone Bah Humbug.” She warned Hill, a California woman who recently moved to Florida, to prepare for “major, massive retaliation.”
Hill turned off the lights, and says she didn’t mean to offend anyone.
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