Whitmer signs bill to let counselors still treat patients
LANSING (AP) — Licensed professional counselors will continue to be able to diagnose and treat patients after Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation updating their scope of practice.
Whitmer says the law enacted Tuesday will ensure that more than 150,000 people can still receive mental health care and protect 10,000 counselors from losing their ability to practice as they currently do.
The legislation was sparked by concerns that the state Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs will change counseling regulations in a way that affects counselors’ work.
The agency has said the current rules are outdated and the old law did not let counselors diagnose and use psychotherapy techniques, even if they have been doing so for many years.
Detroit airport open to visitors without tickets
ROMULUS (AP) — Visitors without tickets are being allowed to pass through security checkpoints at Michigan’s largest airport, at least until early January.
The change means someone can accompany a traveler to a gate or surprise someone getting off a plane at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
There are some restrictions: Only 75 visitor passes will be given each day. People also must register online a day before the visit. More information can be found at www.metroairport.com.
Officials say visitors can “create memorable moments” by watching planes and greeting family and friends. The program is expected to end on Jan. 5.
Astronaut participates in Earth-to-space call with school
CARIBOU, Maine (AP) — The first Maine woman to travel to space used a rare Earth-to-space call to tell students from her alma mater to never stop dreaming big.
The astronaut is Jessica Meir, a native of Caribou, who became the 15th woman to walk in space when she recently participated in the first all-female spacewalk. The Bangor Daily News reported Meir spoke with Eastern Aroostook Regional School Unit 39 on Tuesday morning.
Meir told the students she is “trying to do my best to share this adventure and share this mission with my family.” Students of the district came to Caribou High School to participate in the call.
Meir is a 1995 graduate of the high school. She traveled to the International Space Station on Sept. 25.
German restaurant accidentally serves hash cake at funeral
BERLIN (AP) — Police say a funeral in eastern Germany ended on an involuntary drug high when mourners were accidentally served hash cake.
After a burial, Rostock police said, the funeral party went to a restaurant for coffee and cake, as is customary in Germany. But after eating the cake, 13 people experienced nausea and dizziness and needed medical treatment.
A police investigation revealed that the restaurant employee in charge of the cakes had asked her 18-year-old daughter to bake them. But the mother accidentally took the wrong cake from the freezer to the funeral.
She took a hash cake that the teenager had made for a different occasion.
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