Michigan History Magazine sent us a brief feature on Chief Pontiac's Rebellion that tells of the charismatic Odawa leader's rebellion against the British at Fort Detroit.

DNR Announces Plans to Trap UP Wolves
The Detroit Free Press reports that the Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced plans Tuesday to trap and kill as many as 20 of the Upper Peninsula's growing population of gray wolves this summer. DNR employees will use lethal methods only for wolves that have preyed on livestock or pets and are a threat to continue such activity.

Narrowing Streets for Skateboarding
The Detroit News has a feature that looks at the inherent conflict between skateboarders and community leaders & business owners and how regulations restrict skating access. The article points out that academics who study American childhood say this just one more example of the way public space -- where kids can just be kids -- has shrunk over the years.

Northwest Michigan Jobless Rate Improves
The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports that the unemployment rate for the 10-county northwest Michigan area fell by six-tenths of a percentage point in March, improving to 8.7% (an increase of 900 workers) over the 9.3% rate posted in February according to the Department of Labor and Economic Growth.

A Look at Michigan State Symbols
The Lansing State Journal has a look at our 14 state symbols and past and current efforts to expand Michigan's somewhat modest official things. Three bills to add the cherry as the state fruit and the replace the robin with the Kirtland's Warbler as state bird, and to create the post of official state poet laureate are in the Legislature now.

Credit Score Ban Overturned
Crain's Detroit Business reports that a Barry County judge has blocked new state rules that would have prohibited insurance companies from using credit scores to set rates. In an opinion issued Monday, Circuit Judge James Fisher said the rules were illegal as an attempt to rewrite the insurance code through administrative rulemaking and being "contrary to the insurance code".

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