Recovering journalist, now open to freelancing. Settler on Anishinaabek land. She/her. 🌊🌲🏳️🌈 laina.stebbins@gmail.com
Apr 11, 2022 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
20 minutes into the Macomb County Republican Party’s [beyond capacity] nominating convention and it is already chaos.
This could go on for a while.
Sep 14, 2020 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
Good morning! Today, MSCC Commissioners Bill Kandler and John Truscott are set to present their fact-finding report on the possibility of implementing a firearms ban in the state Capitol.
After a few presentations on Capitol building/grounds projects, Kandler starts off by summarizing what he and Truscott have learned since embarking on the project.
They've met with experts and officials from state government, Legislature, MSP, Michigan Supreme Court and more.
Jul 25, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
On this day exactly 10 years ago, something happened that shifted the entire world of environmental advocacy in Michigan.
Let me tell you about it.
At approximately 5:58pm on 7/25/10, a long segment of Enbridge’s Line 6B pipeline ruptured near Marshall, MI. Nearly 1 million gallons of Canadian crude oil spilled into a tributary of the Kalamazoo River.
The incident remains the 3rd-largest inland oil spill in U.S. history.
