
Jill Harrington
ReporterJill Harrington is a senior at CMU majoring in journalism and minoring in theatre and interpretation. Jill grew up in Novi, Michigan and started reporting for WCMU in summer 2022.
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The project cost $242 million, and will expand the global impact of Corteva’s spinosyns products, which are used in over 100 different countries to protect a variety of crops from destructive insects
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Balloon pilots at the annual River Days Festival in Midland gave a woman an unexpected opportunity to ascend in a hot air balloon on a foggy day.
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The gun safety program, Be SMART, has three upcoming events in the Great Lakes Bay Area where volunteers will be spreading information about the importance of gun security.
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A Biggby Coffee Shop in Midland is the first in the chain to install an adult-sized changing table.
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Many bathrooms in Michigan meet the minimum requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act by having a stall wide enough for a wheelchair to fully rotate, but these requirements are still not suitable for many people who can not self-transfer from the wheelchair to the toilet.
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In “Rising Waters”, players become African American laborers navigating the forces of nature and race hatred during Mississippi flooding in the 1920s.
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Their goal is to collect 600,000-700,000 signatures by the deadline on July 11.
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The board approved a 3.53% increase in lower-level undergraduate tuition rates. Rates for upper-level undergraduate, international, masters and doctoral students also will increase.
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Mosquitoes were tested by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Bureau laboratory for their mosquito surveillance expansion, which was initiated in 2021.
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Gender and sex education are widely debated in Michigan communities. At the same time, transgender people continue to suffer from high rates of bullying, violence and suicide.